Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi
nature doe satisfied
Let everything be allowed to do what it naturally does, so that its nature will be satisfied.
hate home men
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?
wise men mountain
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to be emperor of the whole world.
men mind charity
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.
simple mind infinite
Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.
chinese needs would-be
Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.
regret men mirrors
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
greatness men tao
One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.
educational finding-happiness opinion
My opinion is that you never find happiness until you stop looking for it.
path made walking
A path is made by walking on it.
mind may flow
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.
dream butterfly men
Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now 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.
happiness believe people
When I look at what the world does and where people nowadays believe they can find happiness, I am not sure that that is true happiness. The happiness of these ordinary people seems to consist in slavishly imitating the majority, as if this were their only choice. And yet they all believe they are happy. I cannot decide whether that is happiness or not. Is there such a thing as happiness?
moon years sage
The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.