Zhuangzi Quotes

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Zhuangzi

If a man crosses a riverand an empty boat collides with his own skiff,Even though he be bad tempered manHe will not become very angry. But if he sees a man in the boat,He will shout at him to steer cl...

If a man crosses a riverand an empty boat collides with his own skiff,Even though he be bad tempered manHe will not become very angry. But if he sees a man in the boat,He will shout at him to steer cl...

Zhuangzi

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Zhuangzi may refer to:

Zhuangzi (book) (莊子), an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Daoism
Zhuang Zhou (莊周), the historical figure known as "Master Zhuang" ("Zhuangzi") and traditional author of the eponymous book
Old Zhuang script (古壮字, the script used by the Zhuang people in ancient times, also known as Sawndip

Zhuangzi Quotes

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

If a man crosses a riverand an empty boat collides with his own skiff,Even though he be bad tempered manHe will not become very angry. But if he sees a man in the boat,He will shout at him to steer cl...

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

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening

Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.

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

Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious.

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.

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.

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

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

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.

You should find the same joy in one condition as in the other and thereby be free of care, that is all. But now, when the things that happened along take their leave, you cease to be joyful. From this...

The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak.

If a man, having lashed two hulls together, is crossing a river, and an empty boat happens along and bumps into him, no matter how hot-tempered the man may be, he will not get angry. But if there shou...

People who excuse their faults and claim they didn't deserved to be punished - there are lots of them. But those who don't excuse their faults and admit they didn't deserve to be spared - they are few...

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

We can't expect a blind man to appreciate beautiful patterns or a deaf man to listen to bells and drums. And blindness and deafness are not confined to the body alone - the understanding has them, too...

The baby looks at things all day without winking; that is because his eyes are not focused on any particular object. He goes without knowing where he is going, and stops without knowing what he is doi...

Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?