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The tao is made because we walk it,things become what they are called. — Zhuangzi
When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting. — Zhuangzi
A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean. — Zhuangzi
Moreover, I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damning them behind their backs. — Zhuangzi
All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless! — Zhuangzi
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. — Zhuangzi
That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge. — Zhuangzi
Everything has what is innate,everything has what is necessary. — Zhuangzi
The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case? — Zhuangzi
The whole world is incapable of judging either right or wrong. but it is certain that actionless action can judge both right and wrong. — Zhuangzi
A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool. — Zhuangzi
When you are identified with the One, all things will be complete to you. — Zhuangzi
To use a horse to show that a horse is not a horse is not as good as using a non-horse to show that a horse is not a horse ... — Zhuangzi
The space under the sky is occupied by all things in their unity. — Zhuangzi
Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words. — Zhuangzi
A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt. — Zhuangzi
If you were to hide the world in the world, so that nothing could get away, this would be the final reality of the constancy of things. — Zhuangzi
You are still guided by your expectations. — Zhuangzi
He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord. — Zhuangzi
Don't go in and hide; don't come out and shine; stand stock-still in the middle. — Zhuangzi
To have attained to the human form is a source of joy ... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions. — Zhuangzi
Flow
with whatever may happen + let your mind be free.
.. stay centered, by accepting whatever you're doing.
.. this is the ultimate. — 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
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe. — Zhuangzi
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. — Zhuangzi
The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord. — Zhuangzi
Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop. — Zhuangzi
Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions. — Zhuangzi
The man who has forgotten self may be said to have entered Heaven. — Zhuangzi
Are you and I perchance caught up in a dream from which we have not yet awakened? — Zhuangzi
Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg. — Zhuangzi
Transmit the established facts; do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right. — Zhuangzi
Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality! — Zhuangzi
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education. — Zhuangzi
A path is made by walking on it. — Zhuangzi
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance. — Zhuangzi
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can. — Zhuangzi
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger. — Zhuangzi
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature. — Zhuangzi
To go outside what your charge was, and to try to solve everything yourself, is dangerous. — Zhuangzi
Am I a human dreaming I am a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming I am a human? — Zhuangzi
The perfect man of old looked after himself first before looking to help others. — Zhuangzi
Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse. — Zhuangzi
And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to? — Zhuangzi
Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended. — Zhuangzi
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed. — Zhuangzi
Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly ... — Zhuangzi
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river. — Zhuangzi
If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be. — Zhuangzi
To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge. — Zhuangzi
The sound of water says what I think. — Zhuangzi
Forget about life, forget about worrying about right and wrong. Plunge into the unknown and the endless and find your place there! — Zhuangzi
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite. — Zhuangzi
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest. — Zhuangzi
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature. — Zhuangzi
If you have insight, you use your inner eye, your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, and have no need of intellectual knowledge. — Zhuangzi
Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied. — Zhuangzi
To examine oneself makes good use of sight. — Zhuangzi
The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing. — Zhuangzi
Verily God does not reward man for what he does, but for what he is. — Zhuangzi
If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher? — Zhuangzi
For we can only know that we know nothing, and a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. — Zhuangzi
Can a man cling to the positive without any negative in contrast to which it is seen to be positive? If he claims to do so he is a rouge or a madman. — Zhuangzi
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. — Zhuangzi
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world. — Zhuangzi
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility. — Zhuangzi
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education. — Zhuangzi
The ultimate happiness is doing nothing. — Zhuangzi
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. — Zhuangzi
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning ... There is something. There is nothing. — Zhuangzi
Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside. — Zhuangzi
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening — Zhuangzi
Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home! — Zhuangzi
Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside. — Zhuangzi
When the heart is right, "for" and "against" are forgotten. — Zhuangzi
The true man breathes with his heels. — Zhuangzi
There is danger for the eye in seeing too clearly, danger for the ear in hearing too sharply and danger to the heart from caring too greatly. — Zhuangzi
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar. — Zhuangzi
The eyes envy the mind. — Zhuangzi
The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven. — Zhuangzi
Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter. — Zhuangzi
Your life has a limit, but knowledge has none. If you use what is limited to pursue what has no limit, you will be in danger. — Zhuangzi
The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. — Zhuangzi
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many. — Zhuangzi
Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him? — Zhuangzi
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life. — 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
A good completion takes a long time; a bad completion cannot be changed later. — Zhuangzi
Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it — Zhuangzi
To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders. — Zhuangzi
Each one's destiny cannot be altered. — Zhuangzi
Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things. — Zhuangzi
Good order results spontaneously when things are let alone — Zhuangzi
When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments. — Zhuangzi
In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony. — Zhuangzi
To have a human form is a joyful thing. — Zhuangzi
It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding. — Zhuangzi
Why don't you try wandering with me to the Palace of Not-Even-Anything — Zhuangzi
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him? — Zhuangzi
Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it. — Zhuangzi

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