“Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious.”
– Zhuangzi
“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
“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
“Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.”
– Zhuangzi
“Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without for much knowledge is a curse.”
– Zhuangzi
“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”
– Zhuangzi
“Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.”
– Zhuangzi
“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.”
– Zhuangzi