Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!
ZHUANGZIIf the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
More Zhuangzi Quotes
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I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
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The World is Large – Its beauty indescrible.
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Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels. Such is the real nature of horses.
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Those who realise their folly are not true fools.
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All the fish needs is to get lost in the water. All man needs is to get lost in Tao.
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Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.
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The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
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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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The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case?
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For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection.
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The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy. What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.
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He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
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