Michael Smith

“All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless!”
― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

“The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.”
― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

“If you can dispense with reputation, then you are free from care. Reputation is only a visitor, but reality is here to stay.”
― Liezi, Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living

“Life, death, preservation, loss, failure, success, poverty, riches, worthiness, unworthiness, slander, fame, hunger, thirst, cold, heat - these are the alternations of the world, the workings of fate. Day and night they change place before us, and wisdom cannot spy out their source. Therefore, they should not be enough to destroy your harmony; they should not be allowed to enter the storehouse of the spirit. If you can harmonize and delight in them, master them and never be at a loss for joy; if you can do this day and night without break and make it be spring with everything, mingling with all and creating the moment within your own mind - this is what I call being whole in power.”
― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu