37 Quotes by Wei Wu Wei

Why are you unhappy?Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn’t one.

The notion that human life has greater value than any other form of life is both unjustifiable and arrogant.

We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.

Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!

It is only the artificial ego that suffers. The man who has transcended his false “me” no longer identifies himself with his suffering.

The qualities we possess should never be a matter for satisfaction, but the qualities we have discarded.

A myriad bubbles were floating on the surface of a stream.'What are you?' I cried to them as they drifted by.'I am a bubble, of course' nearly a myriad bubbles answered, and there was surprise and indignation in their voices as they passed.But, here and there, a lonely bubble answered,'We are this stream', and there was neither surprise nor indignation in their voices, but just a quiet certitude.

It is not for us to search but to remain still, to achieve Immobility not Action.

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself – and there isn’t one.