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The man who has learnt in some way--whether by personal experience or by a wise old man's instruction or through an inspired book--that excessive ambition may be folly, excessive luxury has no end to the labour of collecting it, knows that the monks who are content to live barely and simply may not be fools after all. But it is also possible for another man who has cultivated an inner detachment to have the same feelings and nevertheless seek to enjoy life.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 4 : Purify Passions > # 115