From Zhuangzi: “The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where canContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/20/24”
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Quote of the day 07/19/24
From Zhuangzi: Cook Ting was cutting up an ox for Lord Wen-hui. At every touch of his hand, every heave of his shoulder, every move of his feet, every thrust of his knee – zip! zoop! He slithered the knife along with a zing, and all was in perfect rhythm, as though he were performingContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/19/24”
Quote of the day 06/24/24
From Zhuangzi: “To know when to stopTo know when you can get no furtherBy your own action,This is the right beginning!”
Quote of the day 06/23/24
From Zhuangzi: “Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning. Meaning has something it is pursuing, but the thing that it is pursuing cannot be put into words and handed down.”
Quote of the day 06/22/24
From Zhuangzi: “The Consummate Person uses his mind like a mirror, rejecting nothing, welcoming nothing: responding but not storing. Thus he can handle all things without harm.”
Quote of the day 06/21/24
From Zhuangzi: “When a man does not dwell in self, then things will of themselves reveal their forms to him. His movement is like that of water, his stillness like that of a mirror, his responses like those of an echo.”
Quote of the day 06/20/24
From Zhuangzi: “Absorb yourself in the realities of the task at hand to the point of forgetting your own existence.”
Quote of the day 06/19/24
From Zhuangzi: “He who has mastered the true nature of life does not labor over what life cannot do. He who has mastered the true nature of fate does not labor over what knowledge cannot change.”
Quote of the day 06/18/24
From Zhuangzi: “Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views – then the world will be governed.”
Quote of the day 06/17/24
From Zhuangzi: “Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.”
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