"Once I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhuang Zh…"

"The perfect man uses his mind like a mirror – going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing."

"If you are content with what you have, you will always have enough."

"Above ground, I'll be eaten by the crows and kites; below ground, I'll be eaten by the ants and molecrickets. You rob the one of them to give to the other; how come you like them so much better?"

"When the world praises him, he is not elated; when the world condemns him, he is not dejected."