It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal.José Rizal
“Once I dreamed I was a butterfly, and now I no longer know whether I am a man dreaming I am a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I am a man.”
Philosopher · 369 BC – 286 BC
Zhuangzi was a Chinese Taoist philosopher of the Warring States period, second only to Lao Tzu in the Taoist tradition. His book, the Zhuangzi, mixes parables, dialogues, and dreams to argue for freedom from convention and care.
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