Chuang Tzu

“The sage moves with the world and is unaffected by it.”

“He goes everywhere and is at home everywhere.”

“He who delights in the Way is constantly happy.”

“Joy and anger, sorrow and happiness, anxiety and lament, fickleness and fear — all these come from natural emptiness.”

“Without these conditions, where could a person be?”

“The torch of doubt and chaos: this is what the sage steers by.”

“He does not use things for himself.”

“This is what is called putting things in the light of the obvious.”

“To be content with what one has is to be like a duck on a pond.”

“To be discontented is to chase the wind.”

“There is a perfect virtue, of which the perfect man is the carrier.”

“It begins to take shape when one's understanding is reduced to its essential.”

“He who conquers others has physical strength.”

“With the still mind of the sage, he treats all under heaven with equal compassion.”

“Tao is in everything; even in dust, even in dung.”

“It is in the lowest things, as well as in the highest.”

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

“The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare.”

“Words exist because of meaning; once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.”