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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders. Zhuang Zhou
To a mind that is still, the entire universe surrenders.
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.
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. Zhuang Zhou
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.
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,
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Zhuang Zhou
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
Happiness is the abscence of the striving for happiness. Zhuang Zhou
Happiness is the abscence of the striving for happiness.