Category Quotations

Zhuangzi says: “With all the confusion in the world these days, no matter how often I point the way, what good does it do? And if I know it does no good and still

Zhuangzi says: “When you’re betting for tiles in an archery contest, you shoot with skill. When you’re betting for fancy belt buckles, you worry about your aim. And when you’re betting for real gold, you’re a nervous wreck. Your skill…

Zhuangzi says: “When we look at things in the light of Tao, nothing is best, nothing is worst. Each thing, seen in its own light stands out in its own way. It can seem to be “better” than what is…

Zhuangzi says: “When there is no more separation between ‘this’ and ‘that,’ it is called the still-point of the Tao. At the still point in the center of the circle one can see the infinite in all things.”

Zhuangzi says: “When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten – that may be called true forgetting.”

Zhuangzi says: “When I talk about having good hearing, I don’t mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don’t mean just looking, but looking at yourself.”

Zhuangzi says: “We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.”

Zhuangzi says: “We can’t expect a blind man to appreciate beautiful patterns or a deaf man to listen to bells and drums. And blindness and deafness are not confined to the body alone – the understanding has them, too.”

Zhuangzi says: “To guard yourself against thieves who slash open suitcases, rifle through bags and smash open boxes, one should strap the bags and lock them. The world at large knows that this shows wisdom. However, when a master thief…

Zhuangzi says: “To forget the whole world is easy; to make the whole world forget you is hard.”