And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?
ZHUANGZIHe who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Compare birth with death, compare death with life; compare what is possible with what is not possible and compare what is not possible with what is possible; because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.
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Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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Good fortune is as light as a feather, but nobody knows how to pick it up. Misfortune is as heavy as earth, but nobody knows how to stay out of it’s way.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
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Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
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The men of old breathed clear down to their heels.
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If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind.
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Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
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The ten thousand things belong to one storehouse and life and death share the same body.
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Heaven is in everything: follow the light, hide in the cloudiness and begin in what is. Do this and your understanding will be like not understanding and your wisdom will be like not being wise. By not being wise you will become wise later.
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Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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