Zhuangzi Quotes & Sayings
16 most famous Zhuangzi quotes and sayings (philosopher). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”
“Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.”
“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 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.”
“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.”
“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.”
“Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.”
“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.”
“I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.”
“Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.”
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