When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
ZHUANGZITao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
-
-
A path is made by walking on it.
ZHUANGZI -
Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.
ZHUANGZI -
People value that part of knowledge which is known. They do not know how to avail themselves of the Unknown in order to reach knowledge. Is this not misguided?
ZHUANGZI -
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing.
ZHUANGZI -
The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.
ZHUANGZI -
The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.
ZHUANGZI -
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
ZHUANGZI -
You are still guided by your expectations.
ZHUANGZI -
Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
ZHUANGZI -
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
ZHUANGZI -
The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
ZHUANGZI -
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary.
ZHUANGZI -
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you.
ZHUANGZI -
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.
ZHUANGZI -
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
ZHUANGZI