“All that have faces, forms, voices, colors — these are all mere things. How could one thing and another thing be far removed from each other? And how could any of them be worth considering as a predecessor? They are forms, colors — nothing more. But things have their creation in what has no form, and their conclusion in what has no change. If a man can get hold of this and exhaust it fully, then how can things stand in his way?”

– Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Zhuangzi, Watson tr. (Ch 19)