Quotes About Wisdom

To use a horse to show that a horse is not a horse is not as good as using a non-horse to show that a horse is not a horse...

Thus, the Radiance of Drift and Doubt is the sage's only map. He makes no definition of what is right but instead entrusts it to the everyday function of each thing. This is what I call the Illumination of the Obvious.

The Book of Chuang Tzu is like a travelogue. As such, it meanders between continents, pauses to discuss diet, gives exchange rates, breaks off to speculate, offers a bus timetable, tells an amusing incident, quotes from poetry, relates a story, cites scripture. To try and make it read like a novel or a philosophical handbook is simply to ask it, this travelogue of life, to do something it was never designed to do. And always listen out for the mocking laughter of Chuang Tzu.

Täydellinen ihminen on vapautunut itseydestään; henkistynyt ihminen ei välitä ansioiden tavoittelusta; todellinen Viisas ei välitä maineesta.

As to what is beyond the Six Realms,15 the sage admits it exists but does not theorize.

Therefore understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

Ja sinulla on iso puu, etkä tiedä, mitä sillä tekisit! Mikset siirrä sitä tyhjälle kentälle tai asumattomaan metsään? Siellä voisit rauhassa kuljeskella sen ympärillä tai levätä sen siimeksessä. Se olisi turvassa kirveeltä, eikä kukaan vahingoittaisi sitä, sillä ellei siitä olisi hyötyä muille, mikä sitä silloin vahingoittaisi?

The True Men of old used the eye to look at the eye, the ear to look at the ear, the heart to recover the heart. Such men as that when they were level were true to the carpenter's line, when they were altering stayed on course.

Jos haluaa näyttää oikeaksi sen, minkä ne kieltävät, tai vääräksi sen, minkä ne myöntävät, ei ole parempaa keinoa kuin käyttää järjen valoa.

Because there is, there is not, and because there is not, there is.

le monde] n'a pas besoin d'être gouverné ; en fait, il ne devrait pas être gouverné

Quand on a compris ce que sont le commencement, la noblesse, l'intelligence, la transformation, l'infiini, la foi et la sérénité, alors on a atteint la connaissance suprême.

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 can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?

The breathing of the wise person comes from their heels, while most people breathe only from their throats.

Little understanding cannot come up to great understanding; the short-lived cannot come up to the long-lived.

Everyone knows how useful usefulness is, but no one (4:20) seems to know how useful uselessness is.

Diperlukan waktu hanya sepuluh tahun untuk menanam dan memelihara sebatang pohon, tapi memerlukan waktu paling sedikit 100 tahun untuk membentuk sebuah karakter jiwa.

The wise man before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

The wise man win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.