Zhuang Zhou, often known as Zhuangzi ("Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC during the Warring States period, a period corresponding to the summit of Chinese philo...
Let your heart be at peace.Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. Zhuang Zhou
Let your heart be at peace.Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest. Zhuang Zhou
Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep Zhuang Zhou
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep
How do I know that enjoying life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death we are not like people who got lost in early childhood and do not know the way home? Zhuang Zhou
How do I know that enjoying life is not a delusion? How do I know that in hating death we are not like people who got lost in early childhood and do not know the way home?
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education. Zhuang Zhou
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season Zhuang Zhou
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season
The wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big, for he knows that, there is no limit to dimensions. Zhuang Zhou
The wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big, for he knows that, there is no limit to dimensions.
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Zhuang Zhou
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.
In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony. Zhuang Zhou
In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony.
I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, Zhuang Zhou
I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it,
To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders. Zhuang Zhou
To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.
If a man crosses a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff, Even though he be bad tempered man He will not become very angry. Zhuang Zhou
If a man crosses a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff, Even though he be bad tempered man He will not become very angry.
