Zhuangzi Tao Quotations

When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.

One whose inner being is fixed upon such greatness emits a Heavenly glow. Even though he has this Heavenly glow, others will see him as just a man. Someone who has reached this point will begin to be consistent.

Either in conflict with others or in harmony with them, we go through life like a runaway horse, unable to stop.

Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended.

The Tao has no place for pettiness, and nor has Virtue. Pettiness is dangerous to Virtue; pettiness is dangerous to the Tao. It is said, rectify yourself and be done.

Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.

The tao is made because we walk it,things become what they are called.