"Those who seek to please others are always slaves."

"To be able to think and then forget that you are thinking, that is wisdom."

"The sage is like a shadow: he has no substance, but he is always there."

"A monkey trainer tells his monkeys that he will give them three nuts in the morning and four in the evening. The monkeys are outraged. So the trainer changes course. He offers the monkeys four in the …"

"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…"