Zhuang Zhou

Birth is not a beginning; death is not an end. There is existence without limitation; there is continuity without a starting point.

Zhuang Zhou

Do not let the artificial obliterate the natural; do not let will obliterate destiny; do not let virtue be sacrificed to fame.

Zhuang Zhou

Each one’s destiny cannot be altered.

Zhuang Zhou

Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way, and forget that the going is easy.

Zhuang Zhou

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

Zhuang Zhou

Everything has what is innate, everything has what is necessary.

Zhuang Zhou

Fish live in water. Men die in it. Nature is diverse, and not all tastes are the same.

Zhuang Zhou

Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

Zhuang Zhou

He who knows the activities of nature lives according to nature.

Zhuang Zhou

He who steals a belt buckle pays with his life; he who steals a state gets to be a feudal lord.

Zhuang Zhou