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Zhuangzi
Chinese
Philosopher
About the author
Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Fools
#Folly
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,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Man
#Mind
#Nature
#Music
#Charity
#Devotion
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Education
#Punishment
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Honor
#Men
#Knowledge
#Lies
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Life
#Earth
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Walking
#Joy
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,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Now
#Being
#Man
#Sky
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,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Now
#Man
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Happiness
#Absence
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Wisdom
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#May
#Mind
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
Zhuangzi,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Knowledge
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,
Chinese
Philosopher
#May
#Ugly
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,
Chinese
Philosopher
#Opinions
#Winter
#Autumn