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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly... →
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually... →
I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and... →
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?
Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original... →
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.
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