The Book of Chuang Tzu - Chuang Tzu  ## Metadata - Author: **Chuang Tzu** - Full Title: The Book of Chuang Tzu - Category: #books ## Highlights - The perfect man has no self; The spiritual man has no merit; The holy man has no fame. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j9jjmat25tahgf97k28w8wy2)) - wide and steady, Shallow understanding is lazy and wandering, Words of wisdom are precise and clear, Foolish words are petty and mean. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ja9qs0v180zqwce732jahj42)) - Our life has a boundary but there is no boundary to knowledge. To use what has a boundary to pursue what is limitless is dangerous; with this knowledge, if we still go after knowledge, we will run into trouble. Do not do what is good in order to gain praise. If you do what is bad be sure to avoid the punishment. Follow the Middle Course, for this is the way to keep yourself together, to sustain your life, to care for your parents and to live for many years. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jeahjyb0g50cghe67cwfh6cd))