Words are used to express meaning when you understand the meaning, you can forget about the words.
More Quotes from Chuang Tzu:
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.Chuang Tzu
When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his inner self... Prisoners in the world of object, they have no choice but to submit to the demands of matter They are pressed down and crushed by external forces fashion, the market, events, public opinion. Never in a whole lifetime do they recover their right mind... What a pity.
Chuang Tzu
He who regards all things as one is a companion of Nature.
Chuang Tzu
Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg.
Chuang Tzu
When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten. When the belt fits, the belly is forgotten. When the heart is right, 'for' and 'against' are forgotten. No drives, no compulsions, no needs, no attractions Then your affairs are under control. You are a free man.
Chuang Tzu
Tzu Li went to see Tzu Lai who was dying. Leaning against the door, he said, Great is the Creator What will he make of you now Will he make you into a rat's liver Will he make you into an insect's leg Tzu-Lai replied, The universe gave me my body so I may be carried, my life so I may work, my old age so I may repose, and my death so I may rest. To regard life as good is the way to regard death as good.... If I regard the universe as a great furnace and creation as a master foundryman, why should anywhere I go not be all right.
Chuang Tzu
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