Zhuangzi – 7 Quotes

7 Quotes by Zhuangzi

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

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

– Zhuangzi

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

– Zhuangzi

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

– Zhuangzi

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

– Zhuangzi

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.

– Zhuangzi

Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious.

– Zhuangzi