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

"He who knows how to live, lives as if he were dead. He who knows how to die, dies as if he were alive."

"I dreamed 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 myself. Soon I awoke, and t…"

"He who knows what he does not know is better than he who thinks he knows what he does not know."

"When you are born, you are soft and weak; when you die, you are hard and stiff. When plants are alive, they are soft and tender; when they are dead, they are dry and brittle. Therefore, the soft and w…"