Saturday, September 15, 2012

Zhuangzi Quotes

I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? 
Zhuangzi 


All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten. 
Zhuangzi 


Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse. 
Zhuangzi 


Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. 
Zhuangzi 


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. 
Zhuangzi 


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. 
Zhuangzi

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. 
Zhuangzi 


Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. 
Zhuangzi 


Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. 
Zhuangzi 


Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. 
Zhuangzi 


Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? 
Zhuangzi 


Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it. 
Zhuangzi 


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


I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. 
Zhuangzi 


Those who realize their folly are not true fools. 
Zhuangzi

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