Zhuangzi

"The sage wanders freely, untethered by the opinions of others."

"What is soft is strong; what is hard is fragile."

"In weakness there is strength; in emptiness, fullness."

"The eternal way is mysterious and unknowable; yet all wisdom flows from it."

"I dreamed I was a butterfly; now I don't know if I'm a butterfly dreaming I'm a man."

"The ten thousand things return to the One; the One returns to nothing."

"Knowing others is cleverness; knowing yourself is enlightenment."

"When the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing, both work in perfect harmony."

"The greatest treasure is the awareness that all is one."

"A man may go mad by studying the philosophers if he is not careful."

"The heart is the source of all understanding; the mind merely interprets what the heart already knows."

"Even a blade of grass has Buddha-nature; recognizing this is enlightenment."

"What is not yet born is easier to prevent than what already exists; what is small is easier to manage than what is large."

"The universe contains all the answers; we simply lack the ears to hear them."

"In the midst of chaos, there is still order; in the midst of order, there is still chaos."

"The perfect man has no self; the spiritual man has no achievement; the sage has no name."

"When you have nothing left to lose, you become truly free."

"The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness."

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."

"Heaven and earth were born at the same time I was, and the ten thousand things are one with me."

"Forget the rules. Forget the definitions. Just follow your nature."

"The forest does not think about the trees, yet it grows."

"If you have insight, you don't need a map."

"A tree that is unbending will snap in the wind."

"What is the difference between a useful path and a wall? The path is open, the wall closed."

"The wise are not confused by the noise of the world."

"To understand the world, first understand yourself."

"The river does not compete with the ocean, yet it flows to meet it."

"Freedom is not in choosing, but in understanding there is nothing to choose from."

"Things that are different are in harmony; things that are the same are in conflict."