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Zhuangzi
Chinese
Philosopher
Died:
286 BC
Dreams
Knowledge
Man
Mind
Own
You
Related authors:
Confucius
Han Fei
Hu Shih
Lao Tzu
Mencius
Sun Tzu
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
Dreams
Man
Sky
Dreamed
Dreaming
Dreamt
Around
Am
Wonder
Being
Then
Who
Flitting
Now
Butterfly
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.
Zhuangzi
Winter
Brainy
Own
Autumn
Our
Everything
Though
Point
Point Of View
Like
Permanence
Pass
Opinions
Cling
Gradually
Depended
View
Away
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
Zhuangzi
Life
Earth
Returns
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
Zhuangzi
Happiness
Joy
Own
My Own
Through
River
Along
Know
Go
Fishes
Walking
Same
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Zhuangzi
You
Mind
Free
Whatever
Stay
Accepting
Doing
Ultimate
May
Happen
Centered
Your
Flow
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
Zhuangzi
Knowledge
Honor
Men
Sphere
Lies
Beyond
Within
How
Dependent
Realize
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.
Zhuangzi
Beautiful
Ugly
Valuable
Rare
Those
Come
Existing
May
Regard
Transformed
Really
Rotten
Foul
Things
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?
Zhuangzi
Man
Words
Word
Find
Him
Forgotten
Where
Who
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
Zhuangzi
Education
Punishments
Rewards
Form
Lowest
Lowest Form
Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
Zhuangzi
Fools
Those
Folly
True
Realize
Who
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
Zhuangzi
Wisdom
Great
Petty
Impassioned
Small
Generous
Speech
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
Zhuangzi
Knowledge
You
Within
Without
Cherish
Off
Curse
Which
Much
Shut
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.
Zhuangzi
Dreams
Man
Dreaming
Know
Am
Whether
Then
Now
Butterfly
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