The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education. - Zhuangzi
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
- Zhuangzi
A path is made by walking on it. - Zhuangzi
A path is made by walking on it.
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. - Zhuangzi
Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. - Zhuangzi
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance. - Zhuangzi
When people do not ignore what they should ignore, but ignore what they should not ignore, this is known as ignorance.
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many. - Zhuangzi
Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep. - Zhuangzi
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens. - Zhuangzi
Your preciousness lies in your essence; it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
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 p… - Zhuangzi
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 p…
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