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...

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

It receives but does not keep.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse

Those who realize their folly are not true fools

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

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

If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

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...

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.

There is nothing under the canopy of heaven greater than the tip of a bird’s down in autumn, while the T’ai Mountain is small. Neither is there any longer life than that of a child...

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature

You will always find an answer in the sound of water. Chuang-Tse

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grapsed, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten the words? He is the one I would like...

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

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.