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Laozi & Zhuangzi Quotes — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes from Laozi & Zhuangzi, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   The highest good is like water.

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese上善若水

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2. 4

   He who stands on tiptoe cannot stand firm.

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese企者不立

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3. 8

   Great understanding is broad; little understanding is busy.

   — Zhuangzi

   Original · Classical Chinese大知閑閑，小知間間

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4. 16

   Deal with the difficult while it is easy.

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese圖難於其易

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5. 32

   Once you catch the fish, forget the trap.

   — Zhuangzi

   Original · Classical Chinese得魚忘筌

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6. 64

   By yielding, one becomes whole.

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese曲則全

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7. 128

   The useless tree lives long, uncut.

   — Zhuangzi

   Original · Classical Chinese無用之用

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8. 256

   The soft and supple overcome the hard and stiff.

   — Laozi

   Original · Classical Chinese柔弱勝剛強

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9. 512

   Flow with things, let your mind roam free.

   — Zhuangzi

   Original · Classical Chinese乘物以遊心

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10. 1024

    The more he gives to others, the more he has.

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese既以與人己愈多

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    Man dreaming butterfly, or butterfly dreaming man?

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese莊周夢蝶，蝶夢莊周

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog in a well

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese井蛙不可以語於海

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14. 8192

    The perfect man uses his mind like a mirror

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese至人之用心若鏡

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15. 16384

    All men know the use of the useful, but few know the use of the useless

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese人皆知有用之用，而莫知無用之用

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16. 32768

    Heaven, earth, and all things are one

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese天地與我並生，而萬物與我為一。

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17. 65536

    The greatest vessel takes the longest to complete

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese大器晚成

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18. 131072

    The Way that can be spoken of is not the eternal Way

    — Laozi

    Original · Classical Chinese道可道，非常道

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