One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them.

Masanobu Fukuoka

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Topic

Seeking happiness Seeking Happiness Letting go

Author

Masanobu Fukuoka

Source

The One-Straw Revolution

Statement Type

Paradox Zen koan

Language

Japanese

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Farmer Philosopher

From

Japan Asia

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Citation

Fukuoka, Masanobu. 自然農法 わら一本の革命 [One-Straw Revolution]. Hakujusha, 1975.

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I decided it is better to scream. This pitiful sound, which sometimes, goodness knows how, reaches into the remotest prison cell, is a concentrated expression of the last vestige of human dignity. It is a man's way of leaving a trace, of telling people how he lived and died. By his screams he asserts his right to live, sends a message to the outside world demanding help and calling for resistance. If nothing else is left, one must scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.

Nadezhda Mandelstam

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Soviet Union

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Nadezhda Mandelstam
Source
Hope Against Hope
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
Russian
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mandelstam, Nadezhda. Hope Against Hope. The Chekov Press/Atheneum, 1970, ch. 11.

Another quote about Happiness

Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Happiness

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Sigmund Freud
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
German
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
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Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

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Freud, Sigmund. The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904, translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard University Press, 1985.

Another quote originally in Japanese

Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maples, singing songs, drinking water and diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; caring not a whit for the poverty staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call ukiyo.

Asai Ryoi

Tales of the Floating World

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Enjoying life

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Asai Ryoi
Source
Tales of the Floating World
Language
Japanese
Time
1661 1660s 17th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Asai, Ryoi. 浮世物語 [Tales of the Floating World]. c. 1666, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees.

Paul Valéry

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Names Perception

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Paul Valéry
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Zen koan
Language
French
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Valéry, Paul. Quoted in Robert Irwin: A Way to Look at Things by Not Forgetting Their Names, written by Adrian Kohn. c. 1982.