Chinese - Philosopher | 369 BC - 286 BC
I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?
Zhuangzi
DreamsButterflySkyManI AmNow
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 pass away.
WinterBrainyViewOpinionsOwn
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
HappinessJoyRiverWalkingGoKnow
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
MindFreeDoingYouFlowWhatever
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
ManSpaceWiseWise ManLooksKnows
All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.
BeautifulUglyRareThingsMayCome
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
WisdomGreatSmallSpeechPetty
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.
DreamsButterflyManI AmKnowNow
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
LifeEarthReturns
Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
FoolsTrueRealizeWhoFollyThose
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
EducationRewardsLowestForm
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
HappinessStrivingAbsence
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