Bekion

“We reflect each other as mirrors do, but there is no need to look at mirrors that distort our reflection.”
― Elena Goldberg

“No matter how talented and successful you are, you have to go through what you have to go through. So learn to accept pain and be happy despite the circumstances. Be happy with what you have. Also, learn to appreciate the impermanence of everything: Of Life itself surely. Also, of name, fame, wealth, success and glory. And of failure too. Focus instead on what you love doing and do it very, very well. Simply, if you create great, unputdownable work, both you and your work will be remembered. Forever.”
― Vaani Anand and AVIS Viswanathan

“By a peculiar weakness of human nature, people generally think too much about the opinion which others form of them; although the slightest reflection will show that this opinion, whatever it may be, is not in itself essential to happiness.
Therefore, it is hard to understand why everybody feels so very pleased when he sees that other people have a good opinion of him or say anything flattering to his vanity.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims

“There's nothing selfish about self-care.”
― Eleanor Brownn, The Other Serenity Prayer: Meditations on Self-Kindness