“The effect of life in society is to complicate and confuse our existence, making us forget who we really are by causing us to become obsessed with what we are not.”
― Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters
― Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters
“Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“To forget the whole world is easy; to make the whole world forget you is hard.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“Things joined by profit, when pressed by misfortune and danger, will cast each other aside.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“Moreover, I have heard that those who are fond of praising men to their faces are also fond of damning them behind their backs.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
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