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.

Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

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

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

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.

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.

Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious.