"The minnows swim about so freely, following the openings wherever they take them. Such is the happiness of fish."

"If you try to make it the same, you will only confuse it more."

"If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff, even though he be a bad-tempered man, he will not get angry. But if there is someone in the other boat, he will shout at him…"

"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."

"You are not a fish; how do you know what makes a fish happy?"