It is a paraphrase I think. I also think provided that you consider the great wheel of karma that all paths do lead up the mountain. Life is a series of lessons. It is through our karma and coming into it that we reach the dharma. My main point is that desireless is; moksha or liberation, that desire is often a construct of the ego and its sort of Maslowvian up bringing. Many people die little deaths along the way on their paths and that leads to little bits of enlightenment. Much like the addict who hits rock bottom and finds compassion for themselves and grows to love themselves and others. The only time that we have is now. It is in each moment that we have to be conscious as we can. We cannot address unintended consequence ie best intent worst possible outcome. We can only choose how we see things. Our pronouncement of good or bad. These tie us to suffering. Life is our path, it is the curriculum of karma. There is a little bit of a trick to this. If you strive not to want you still are wanting. It is only when it becomes a state of beingness that we are liberated. You can want to be happy. You have to be happy. Or you suffer endless circling on an asymptotic curve. Wanting to be happy is only the approximation of being happy. Principally I am saying that happiness comes from within.

moksha definition:

release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma.
the transcendent state attained as a result of being released from the cycle of rebirth.