Liezi Quotes on Mind
Liezi, also known as Lie Yukou, was a Chinese Taoist philosopher of the fifth century BC, traditionally regarded as one of the three foundational thinkers of philosophical Taoism alongside Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi. This page collects quotes attributed to Liezi on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Liezi:
“When the heart is at peace, the body is at ease.”
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Attributed to Liezi:
“The man who has no opinions has nothing to defend, and so cannot be defeated.”
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“Someone asked Yang Zhu, "What do you think of people who pray for immortality?" Yang Zhu replied, "Everyone must die sometime. Praying won’t help."”
Passage 79:Everyone Must Die Sometime -
“A person with a mind cannot know; If you can point to it, then you cannot reach it; You can never finish dividing something; A shadow cannot move; A single hair can hold up a thousand stones; A white horse is not a horse; An orphaned calf has never had a mother.”
Passage 45:The Strange Arguments of Gongsung Long | This is a reference to the historical Gongsung Long, of the School of Logicians, who distinguished between categories and members of those categories by famously proclaiming "A White Horse is not a Ho