Akhil Jain's Reviews > The Empty Boat: Talks on the Sayings of Chuang Tzu

My fav quotes (not a review):
-Page 27 |
"Socrates was poisoned because he didn’t know Chuang Tzu. Nobody thought him to be serious. And you could not find a more sincere or serious man than Chuang Tzu. But nobody thought him to be serious. People enjoyed him, people loved him, and through this love he was sowing seeds of his wisdom. He changed many, he transformed many."
-Page 276
"A circus was traveling in a special train from one town to another and a cage was damaged and the lion escaped. So the manager gathered all his strong men and said, ”Before you go into the night, into the jungle to find the lion, I will give you some wine. It will give you courage.” All twenty of them took big shots. The night was cold and dangerous and courage was needed – but Mulla Nasruddin refused. He said, ”I will only have soda.” The manager protested, ”But you will need courage!” Nasruddin replied, ”In such moments I don’t need courage. These moments are dangerous – night time and the lion, and courage can be dangerous. I would rather be a coward and alert.” When you don’t have power and a drug can give you courage, it is dangerous. You can move madly on a certain path – this is the danger of drugs."