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Zhuangzi Quotes about Life

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A path is made by walking on it.

A path is made by walking on it.

Zhuangzi
Life, Path, Made

Do not seek fame. Do not make plans. Do not be absorbed by activities. Do not think that you know. Be aware of all that is and dwell in the infinite. Wander where there is no path. Be all that heaven gave you, but act as though you have received nothing. Be empty, that is all.

Zhuangzi
Life, Thinking, Heaven
Zhuangzi (1974). “Chuang tsu: Inner chapters”, Vintage Books USA

To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge.

Zhuangzi
Life, Letting Go, Knowledge

Goods and possessions are no gain in his eyes. He stays far from wealth and honor. Long life is no ground for joy, nor early death for sorrow. Success is not for him to be pround of, failure is no shame. Had he all the world's power he would not hold it as his own. If he conquered everything he would not take it to himself. His glory is in knowing that all things come together in One and life and death are equal.

Zhuangzi
Life, Failure, Eye

The true man breathes with his heels.

Zhuangzi
Life, Men, Breathing
Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.78, Columbia University Press

He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.

Zhuangzi
Life, Nature, Religion

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

Zhuangzi
Life, Nature, Earth

To have attained to the human form is a source of joy... What an incomparable bliss it is to undergo these countless transitions.

Zhuangzi
Life, Joy, Transition

Tzu Li went to see Tzu Lai who was dying. Leaning against the door, he said, 'Great is the Creator! What will he make of you now? Will he make you into a rat's liver? Will he make you into an insect's leg?' Tzu-Lai replied, 'The universe gave me my body so I may be carried, my life so I may work, my old age so I may repose, and my death so I may rest. To regard life as good is the way to regard death as good. . . . If I regard the universe as a great furnace and creation as a master foundryman, why should anywhere I go not be all right?'

Zhuangzi
Life, Doors, Dying

To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous; with this knowledge, if we still go after knowledge, we will run into trouble. Do not do what is good in order to gain praise. If you do what is bad be sure to avoid the punishment. Follow the Middle Course, for this is the way to keep yourself together, to sustain your life, to care for your parents and to live for many years.

Zhuangzi
Life, Running, Knowledge

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