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Zhuang Zhou4 quotes
When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BCThe universe and I exist together, and all things and I are one. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BCPeople suppose that words are different from the peeps of baby birds, but is there any difference, or isn't there? — Zhuang Zhou · 220 BCThose who are contented and at ease when the occasion comes and live in accord with the course of Nature cannot be affected by sorrow or joy. This is what the ancients called release from bondage. Those who cannot release themselves are so because they are bound by material things. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BC