Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? I would like to have a word with him.

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More quotations from Chuang Tzu

Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

A drunken man who falls out of a cart, though he may suffer, does not die. His bones are the same as other people's; but he meets his accident in a different way. His spirit is in a condition of security. He is not conscious of riding in the cart; neither is he conscious of falling out of it. Ideas of life, death, fear and the like cannot penetrate his breast; and so he does not suffer from contact with objective existence. If such security is to be got from wine, how much more is it to be got from God?

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

Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither.… Suddenly I awakened, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming that I am a man.

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

More quotations tagged with “speech”

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

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Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.

—Miranda July in No One Belongs Here More Than You

Lying is done with words, and also with silence.

—Adrienne Rich in Women and Honor

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Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much.

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Well done is better than well said.

—Benjamin Franklin

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