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Zhuangzi

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Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.


— Zhuangzi


#zen #art

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.


— Zhuangzi


#form #lowest #lowest form #punishment #rewards

And how do I know that the hate of death is not like a man who has lost his home when young and does not know where his home is to return to?


— Zhuangzi


#death

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening


— Zhuangzi


#existentialism #life #tao #taoism #death

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.


— Zhuangzi


#dependent #honor #how #knowledge #lies

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


— Zhuangzi


#earth #life #returns

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?


— Zhuangzi


#forgotten #him #i #i can #man

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.


— Zhuangzi


#generous #great #petty #wisdom

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.


— Zhuangzi


#happiness #striving

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


— Zhuangzi


#curse #knowledge #much #off #shut






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ISBN 978-0-231-03147-9. Go away quickly and do not soil me with your presence. (2 tr.

His philosophy can be considered a precursor of relativism in systems of value. He is credited with writing—in part or in whole—a work known by his name the Zhuangzi which expresses a philosophy which is skeptical arguing that life is limited and knowledge to be gained is unlimited.

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