Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog, the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect, the creature of a season.
Zhuangzi
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Zhuangzi
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Peking
Zhuang Zi
Chuang Tzŭ
Chuang Tzu
Chuangtzŭ
Chuangtzu
Zhuang Zhou
Chuang Chou
Creatures
Insects
Speak
Spheres
Experience
Ice
Cannot
Creature
Narrower
Wells
Season
Insect
Well
Seasons
Frog
Summer
Frogs
Ocean
Sphere
More quotes by Zhuangzi
A path is made by walking on it.
Zhuangzi
To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.
Zhuangzi
He who knows he is a fool is not the biggest fool He who knows he is confused is not in the worst confusion.
Zhuangzi
A sage steers by the bright light of confusion and doubt.
Zhuangzi
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
Zhuangzi
The torch of doubt and chaos, this is what the sage steers by.
Zhuangzi
When the heart is right, for and against are forgotten.
Zhuangzi
True depth of understanding is wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear
Zhuangzi
If the Way is made clear, it is not the Way.
Zhuangzi
The raven hatches its young the fish spew forth their eggs the slim-waisted wasp transforms, and when a younger brother comes along the elder brother weeps. For too long I have not been able to work in harmony with these changes. So, given that I did not play my part in harmony with others, how could I expect to change people?
Zhuangzi
If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.
Zhuangzi
Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?
Zhuangzi
I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
Zhuangzi
Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.
Zhuangzi
Transmit the established facts do not transmit words of exaggeration. If you do that, you will probably come out all right.
Zhuangzi
Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.
Zhuangzi
If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?
Zhuangzi
Your mind must become one, do not try to understand with your ears but with your heart. Indeed, not with your heart but with your soul.
Zhuangzi
Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.
Zhuangzi
Only the intelligent knows how to identify all things as one. . . . When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. This is to let Nature take its own course.
Zhuangzi
