Zhuang Zhou: All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.

All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of f — Zhuang Zhou

All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.

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荃者所以在魚，得魚而忘荃；蹄者所以在兔，得兔而忘蹄；言者所以在意，得意而忘言。吾安得忘言之人而與之言哉！ — Zhuang Zhou
昔者庄周梦为蝴蝶，栩栩然蝴蝶也，自喻适志与，不知周也。俄然觉，则戚戚然周也。不知周之梦为蝴蝶与，蝴蝶之梦为周与？周与蝴蝶则必有分矣。此之谓物化。 — Zhuang Zhou
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our — Zhuang Zhou
Perfect happiness is keeping yourself alive, and only actionless action can have — Zhuang Zhou
No man ought to glory except in that which is his own. — Seneca
El andar en tierras y comunicar con diversas gentes, hace a los hombres discreto — Miguel de Cervantes
How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation! — Michel de Montaigne
In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not wil — Abraham Lincoln
Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying. — Roy T. Bennett
君子安而不忘危，存而不忘亡，治而不忘亂。是以身安而國家可保也。 — Confucius
The end is low, like all quantitative ends, personal or not, and it can be attai — Fernando Pessoa
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. — James Madison