"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?"
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"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous."
Zhuangzi"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
Zhuangzi"I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river."
Zhuangzi"Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse."
Zhuangzi"Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth."
Zhuangzi"Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education."
Zhuangzi"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions."
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