Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. — Quoted

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“Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.”

Zhuangzi · Happiness

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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.

Dreams

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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without for much knowledge is a curse.

Knowledge

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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.

Knowledge

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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 nature.

Music