"The moth does not see the flame as fire; the fish..." - Zhuangzi

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“The moth does not see the flame as fire; the fish does not feel the water as wet. So we do not notice the medium of our own lives.”

— Zhuangzi

We're so immersed in our own lives that we forget to notice what we're swimming in. Step back sometimes — the things you take for granted might be the most extraordinary parts.

প্রস্তাবিত কনটেন্ট শিগগিরই দেখানো হবে

শুধু আপনার পড়ার সাথে মানানসই পরামর্শ।

Zhuangzi-এর আরও উক্তি

“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing.”

— Zhuangzi

“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”

— Zhuangzi

“Dreaming of drinking wine will not quench your thirst.”

— Zhuangzi

“Last night I dreamt I was a butterfly, and now I do not know whether I am a man who dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he is a man.”

— Zhuangzi

“The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap.”

— Zhuangzi

“Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free.”

— Zhuangzi

প্রস্তাবিত কনটেন্ট শিগগিরই দেখানো হবে

শুধু আপনার পড়ার সাথে মানানসই পরামর্শ।

একই বিষয়ে অন্যান্য উদ্ধৃতি

“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”

— Aristotle

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works do not ennoble us; but we must ennoble our works.”

— Meister Eckhart

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”

— Jack London

“The soul that is within me no man can degrade.”

— Frederick Douglass

“We are always getting ready to live but never living.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full.”

— Marcus Valerius Martial