Quotes

I do not know whether Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, or a butterfly is dreaming it is Zhuang Zhou.

My life has a limit, but knowledge has none. To use what is limited in pursuit of what is limitless is perilous.

There is no calamity greater than discontent; no fault greater than the wish to be always getting more.

He who knows he has enough is rich.

At first, my way with men was to hear their words and give them credit for their conduct. Now my way is to hear their words and look at their conduct.

To have faults and not to reform them, this indeed should be pronounced having faults.

Throw away the thought of how you shall seem to others, and be content if you live the rest of your life as your nature wills.

Do not despise death, but be content with it, since this too is one of those things which nature wills.

Let every act, word and thought of yours be such as if you might depart from life this very moment.

Accept the things with which your lot has been cast, and love the men among whom you have received your portion, but do it truly.

Consider not only that life is daily wasting away and less of it is left, but also that it is uncertain whether the understanding will remain strong enough to comprehend things.

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear.