Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse. Zhuangzi More Quotes by Zhuangzi More Quotes From Zhuangzi A path is made by walking on it. Zhuangzi pathmadelife 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 eyeheartknowledge The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? Zhuangzi philosophicalinspirationalphilosophy Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it Zhuangzi chinesejudgingmen Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul. Zhuangzi soulmindheart Silence, and non action are the root of all things. Zhuangzi silencerootsaction 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. Zhuangzi autumnwinterfall If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's gift), if you persist in making effort to obtain what effort cannot get, if you persist in reasoning about what cannot be understood, you will be destroyed by the very thing you seek. To know when to stop, to know when you can get no further by your own action, this is the right beginning! Zhuangzi taoismeffortunderstanding The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by. Zhuangzi sagetorchesdoubt My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it. Zhuangzi finding-happinesscontentmenteducational Great knowledge is universal. Small knowledge is limited. Great words are inspiring; small words are chatter. Zhuangzi great-knowledgesmall-wordsuniversal Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap into the boundless and make it your home! Zhuangzi taoismhomeyears Luck implies an absolute absence of any principle. Zhuangzi luckprinciplesabsence Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth. Zhuangzi mistakemenmean You are still guided by your expectations. Zhuangzi taostillsexpectations True men" ... are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits. Zhuangzi passionstrongspring An archer competing for a clay vessel shoots effortlessly, his or her skill and concentration unimpeded. If the prize is changed to a brass ornament, the hands begin to shake. If it is changed to gold, he or she squints as if going blind. The abilities do not deteriorate, but belief in them does, as he or she allows the supposed value of an external reward to cloud the vision. Zhuangzi archercloudshands The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. Zhuangzi enlightenmentmirrorsattention He who dreams ... does not know he is dreaming... . Only when he awakens does he know he has dreamt. But there is also the great awakening (ta-chiao), and then we see that [everything] here is nothing but a great dream. Of course, the fools believe that they are already awake-what foolishness! Confucius and you, both of you, are dreams; and I, who tell you this, am also a dream. Zhuangzi dreamdoebelieve Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Zhuangzi flowmindmay
