He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
— ZhuangziCh. 6 (tr. Lin Yutang, 1942)
Use itGS4: chasing fame at the cost of self betrays scholarship.
Thinker · 6 quotes
Zhuangzi quotes for UPSC
6 sourced quotes by Zhuangzi on education & knowledge, truth & wisdom, integrity & honesty, mind & self-awareness, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog.
— ZhuangziCh. 17 莊子/秋水 (tr. Herbert A. Giles, 1889)
Use itEssay: narrow experience limits understanding; frog in the well.
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
— ZhuangziCh. 12 (tr. Herbert A. Giles, 1889)
Use itGS4/Essay: carrots and sticks are the lowest form of education; build intrinsic values.
All men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.
— ZhuangziCh. 4 (tr. Lin Yutang, 1942)
Use itEssay on humanities/leisure: the use of the seemingly useless.
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
— ZhuangziCh. 2 (tr. Lin Yutang, 1942)
Use itGS4/Life: true wisdom is generous; petty wisdom quarrels.
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
— ZhuangziCh. 2 (tr. Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, 1974)
Use itGS4/Life: opinions are impermanent; hold views loosely.