Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without.
-Chuang Tzu
Today's quote comes from Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu, also known as Zhuangzi. The quote itself is a simple message. Essentially, Cuang Tzu's advice with this passage is to love oneself for what you are and deny your impulses to be something that you are not. It is not an easy task for all to understand one's place in the world. But with time, we must learn to recognize who we truly are and to embrace this identity with happiness and acceptance. Simultaneously we must also recognize that which we are not. Surely everyone must face desire and temptation to be something else for whatever superficial reason that invades the psyche. And one should learn to stifle such urges.
Chuang Tzu (4th Century BC), aka Zhuangzi, was an ancient Chinese philosopher known for his writing of a work bearing the title of his namesake. Living during the Warring States Period, embedded in the era of The Hundred Schools of Thought, Chuang Tzu is best known for his skeptical attitude. He believed that life is limited while the potential knowledge to be absorbed is unlimited. His philosophy is commonly considered an antecedent to Relativism.
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