Author: Zhuangzi

Quotes

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.

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

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

- Zhuangzi

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

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

- Zhuangzi

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

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

- 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.

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

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

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

- 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.

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

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

- Zhuangzi

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?

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

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