The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
ZHUANGZIMen do not mirror themselves in running water – they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.
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My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning. There is something. There is nothing.
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To exercise no-thought and rest in nothing is the first step toward resting in Tao. To start from nowhere and follow no road is the first step toward attaining Tao.
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
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The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.
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He who does his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine and he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses his simplicity. He who has lost his simplicity becomes unsure in the strivings of his soul.
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A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.
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So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.
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True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear.
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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
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Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone.
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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
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The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
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