From Zhuangzi: “The perfect man has no self; the spiritual man has no achievement.”
Tag Archives: Chinese history
Quote of the day 12/05/25
From Confucius: “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Quote of the day 10/07/25
From Wang Yang-Ming: “The sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself.”
Quote of the day 01/14/25
From Mencius: “The way is near but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.”
Quote of the day 01/13/25
From Confucius: “The way is not far from man. If we take the way as something superhuman, this is not the real way.”