Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness. Zhuangzi More Quotes by Zhuangzi More Quotes From Zhuangzi The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits. When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten. The purpose of the word is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to. Zhuangzi rabbitsmenideas All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten. Zhuangzi rottenbeautifulbeauty The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life. Zhuangzi lakesriversmen Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love of perfumes fills the head with dizziness. Love of flavors ruins the taste. Desires unsettle the heart until the original nature runs amok. These five are enemies of true life. Yet these are what men of discernment claim to live for. They are not what I live for. If this is life, then pigeons in a cage have found happiness! Zhuangzi eyeheartrunning Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things. Zhuangzi waitinglisteningmind The hundred parts of the body are all complete in their places. Which should one prefer? Do you like them all equally? Are they all servants? Are they unable to control one another and need a ruler? Or do they become rulers and servants in turn? Is there any true ruler other than themselves? Zhuangzi hundredbodyneeds Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness. Zhuangzi taoemptinesssource When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed. Zhuangzi deeds-and-wordstransformationworld Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it. Zhuangzi honormenlying The fact is that those who do not see themselves but who see others, who fail to grasp of themselves but who grasp others, take possession of what others have but fail to possess themselves. they are attracted to what others enjoy but fail to find enjoyment in themselves. Zhuangzi enjoyfailingfacts Each one's destiny cannot be altered. Zhuangzi altereddestiny The non-action of the wise man is not inaction. It is not studied. It is not shaken by anything. The sage is quiet because he is not moved, not because he wills to be quiet. . . . Joy does all things without concern. For emptiness, stillness, tranquillity, tastelessness, silence, and non-action are the root of all things. Zhuangzi rootswisemen To regard the fundamental as the essence, to regard things as coarse, to regard accumulation as deficiency, and to dwell quietly alone with the spiritual and the intelligent - herein lie the techniques of Tao of the ancients. Zhuangzi intelligentspirituallying Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly... Zhuangzi butterfly The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other. Zhuangzi sagemoonyears The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. Zhuangzi mirrorsperfectmen 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 doing. He merges himself within the surroundings and moves along with it. These are the principles of mental hygiene. Zhuangzi eyebabymoving To have a human form is a joyful thing. Zhuangzi formhumansjoy There may be difficulty at the moment, but I will not lose the Virtue that I possess. It is when the ice and snow are on them that we see the strength of the cypress and the pine. I am grateful for this trouble around me, because it gives me an opportunity to realize how fortunate I am. Zhuangzi icegratefulopportunity 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. Zhuangzi charitymindmen
