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I make true pleasure to consist in inaction, which the world regards as great pain. Thus it has been said, "Perfect happiness is the absence of happiness; perfect renown is the absence of renown."
Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 18, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage
✨ To meditate on today
According to Chuang Tzu, true contentment does not depend on what we possess, and true glory has no need to be recognised. Today, do something well for its own sake, without expecting thanks, and taste the peace it leaves in you.
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