Zhuang Zhou Short Quotes

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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

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Banish wisdom, discard knowledge, and gangsters will stop!

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He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?

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Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy

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Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home!

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All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.

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

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The fish trap exists because of the fish: once you have gotten the meanings, you can forget the words.

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There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning... There is something. There is nothing.

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Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

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Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.

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He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool; He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.

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I do not know whether it was Chou dreaming that he was a butterfly or the butterfly dreaming that it was Chou.

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Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.

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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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Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.

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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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To have attained to the human form is a source of joy... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.

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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.

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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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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.

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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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All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?

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To be constant is to be useful. To be useful is to realize one's true nature. Realization of one's true nature is happiness. When one reaches happiness, one is close to perfection.

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