All Quotes by Zhuangzi
“I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.”
“Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.”
“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.”
“Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.”
“Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.”
“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.”
“Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.”
“When there is both name and reality,”
“Do not use life to give life to death. Do not use death to bring death to life.”
“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 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?”
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”