Zhuangzi Quotes

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• Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

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  Spiritual, Inspirational Life, Struggle

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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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  Forget, Obsessed, Existence

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• Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.

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  Happiness, Happy, Perfect

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• Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

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  Knowledge, Taoism, Breaking Down

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• The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.

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  Regret, Men, Mirrors

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• Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

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  Forget

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• We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.

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  Fall, Winter, Autumn

  Zhuangzi (1974). “Chuang tsu: Inner chapters”, Vintage Books USA

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• A path is made by walking on it.

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  Life, Path, Made

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• The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

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  Motivational, Encouraging, Spiritual

  Zhuangzi, Gia-fu Feng (1974). “Chuang tsu: Inner chapters”, Vintage

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• Do not seek fame. Do not make plans. Do not be absorbed by activities. Do not think that you know. Be aware of all that is and dwell in the infinite. Wander where there is no path. Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing. Be empty, that is all.

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  Life, Thinking, Heaven

  Zhuangzi (1974). “Chuang tsu: Inner chapters”, Vintage Books USA

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• When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.

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  Wisdom, Ignorance, People

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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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  Birth, Starting, Ends

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• A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.

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  Ocean, Frogs, Wells

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• Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.

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  Lying, Essence, Lost

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• Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.

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  Dream, Butterfly, Men

  'Chuang Tzu' (1889, translated by H. A. Giles) ch. 2

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• If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.

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  Acceptance, Trying, Purpose

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• A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation.

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  Jail, Thieves, Petty

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• Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.

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  Motivational, Fitness, Work Out

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• Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

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  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

  Zhuangzi (1927). “Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzŭ”

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• Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is.

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  Men, Understanding, Doe

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• My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

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  Educational, Contentment, Finding Happiness

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• Men do not mirror themselves in running water - they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things.

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  Running, Men, Mirrors

  Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.69, Columbia University Press

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• Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.

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  Wisdom, Wall, Heart

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• To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.

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  Life, Letting Go, Knowledge

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