Zhuangzi Quotes

I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?

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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.

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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

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I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

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Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.

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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

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