Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.
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
Tao
Fullness
Emptiness
Neither
Source
More quotes by Zhuangzi
Take care of your body, then the rest will automatically become stronger.
Zhuangzi
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening
Zhuangzi
True men ... are strong willed, have dignity in their demeanor, serenity in their expression. They are cool like autumn, warm like spring. Their passions arise like the four seasons, in harmony with the ten thousand creatures, and no one knows their limits.
Zhuangzi
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words, so I can have a few words with him?
Zhuangzi
It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding.
Zhuangzi
The man who has some respect for his person keeps his carcass out of sight, hides himself as perfectly as he can.
Zhuangzi
Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly...
Zhuangzi
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.
Zhuangzi
Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty and waits on all things.
Zhuangzi
Heaven cannot but be high. Earth cannot but be broad. The sun and moon cannot but revolve. All creation cannot but flourish. To do so is their TAO. But it is not from extensive study that this may be known, nor by dialectical skill that his may be made clear. The true sage will have none of these.
Zhuangzi
Why don’t you try wandering with me to the Palace of Not-Even-Anything
Zhuangzi
Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views-then the world will be governed.
Zhuangzi
Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.
Zhuangzi
I am going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly.
Zhuangzi
The Way is to man as rivers and lakes are to fish, the natural condition of life.
Zhuangzi
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
Zhuangzi
Your preciousness lies in your essence it cannot be lost by anything that happens.
Zhuangzi
Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty- and waits on all things. The Way gathers in emptiness alone. Emptiness is the fasting of the mind.
Zhuangzi
When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, for and against are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions: Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
Zhuangzi
Being is thoughtless-beyond and beneath all categories of thought. Expression is the realization of creative thought. Being is still expression, moving. But then if I do not strive, who will?
Zhuangzi
