Zhuangzi
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.
-Zhuangzi
dreams
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.
-Zhuangzi
education
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
-Zhuangzi
happiness
Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without for much knowledge is a curse.
-Zhuangzi
knowledge
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
-Zhuangzi
knowledge
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.
-Zhuangzi
music
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.
-Zhuangzi
nature
Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious.
-Zhuangzi
wisdom
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