In the Taoist book The Zhuangzi, three behavioral attitudes are expounded in the chapter entitled “Man in the World in Association with Other Men”: (1) “inwardly maintaining one’s straightforward intention,” (2) “outward adaptability” and (3) “fully declaring one’s sentiments and substantiating them by appealing to antiquity.” The aim of this study is to elucidate these attitudes by analyzing the notion of speech conveyed in the adage “Speech does not need words.” This analysis focuses on the ways to conduct oneself in society described in The Zhuangzi as being “a follower of Heaven,” “a follower of the people” or “a follower of the respected ancients.” This study also encompasses perspectives pertaining to a person’s appearance, mind and utterances in general, thereby foreshadowing the meanings of “words like the water that daily issues from the cup,” “words from valued writers” and “words that are metaphorical,” as explained in the chapter on “Metaphorical Language” in particular. These three kinds of utterances are regarded by some scholars as formulas to explain, as well as language to experience, the Tao as expressed in The Zhuangzi. However, in this report it is maintained that the aforementioned methods for explicating the Tao transcend these formulas. Hence, in view of the idea of dispensable words, an attempt is made to demonstrate the application of the “Speech does not need words” concept by first reviewing the three types of behavioral attitudes and subsequently their relations to the three kinds of utterances. In addition to the approaches expressed as “the fasting of the mind,” “sitting and forgetting everything” and “forgetting the words when the ideas are apprehended,” the concepts of “nothingness,” “forgetfulness” and “diminishment” are investigated to further explore the proposition that “Speech does not need words.” In the same vein, the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, in his interpretations of “Weg” and “Sagen,” maintained that speech most embodying the essence of the Tao must be generated by steps consisting of “disregarding,” corresponding to the concepts of “nothingness,” “forgetfulness” and “diminishment.” Heidegger’s arguments are also considered herein.