The eyes envy the mind.
ZHUANGZIThe eyes envy the mind.
ZHUANGZIThe space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity.
ZHUANGZIThe creature born is the creature dying.
ZHUANGZIAre you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened?
ZHUANGZIOnce Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly.
ZHUANGZIThe sound of water says what I think.
ZHUANGZIYour preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
ZHUANGZIA petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.
ZHUANGZIThe 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.
ZHUANGZIThe man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
ZHUANGZIIf the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
ZHUANGZICan a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman.
ZHUANGZIWords exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
ZHUANGZIOnly the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
ZHUANGZIHe who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
ZHUANGZIFish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.
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