Zhuangzi
“Let your heart be at peace; watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return.”
“The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror.”
“Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.”
“Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?”
“To forget the years, to forget distinctions—leap into the boundless and make it your home.”
“Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.”
“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.”
“The wise man uses his mind like a mirror: it grasps nothing; it refuses nothing; it receives, but does not keep.”
“Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.”
“Once I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamed I was a butterfly... now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I am a man.”