Zhuangzi

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.

Those who realize their folly are not true fools.

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.