Zhuang Zi

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

“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly... 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.”

“A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.”

“The perfect man uses his mind like a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.”

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

“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”

“To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.”

“A path is made by walking on it.”

“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish, you can forget the trap.”

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.”

“The petty thief is imprisoned but the big thief becomes a feudal lord.”

“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.”

“My life has a limit, but knowledge has no limit.”

“Do not be an embodier of fame; do not be a storehouse of schemes; do not be an undertaker of projects; do not be a proprietor of wisdom.”

“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.”

“When the heart is right, 'for' and 'against' are forgotten.”