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“Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
“All we have to do is understand that we're all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small, and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
“Money brings happiness. Fine. In that case, everyone who earns enough to have a high standard of living would be able to stop working. But then they're more troubled than ever, as if they were afraid of losing everything. Money attracts money, that's true. Poverty might bring unhappiness, but money won't necessarily bring happiness.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
“We're surrounded by Universal Desire.
It's not happiness, it's desire. And desires are never satisfied, because once they are, they cease to be desires.”
― The Witch of Portobello
It's not happiness, it's desire. And desires are never satisfied, because once they are, they cease to be desires.”
― The Witch of Portobello
“Everything is at once so simple and so complicated! It's simple because all it takes is a change of attitude:
I'm not going to look for happiness anymore.
From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other peo-ple's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.
And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking?
After all, what is happiness?
Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety,”
― The Witch of Portobello
I'm not going to look for happiness anymore.
From now on, I'm independent; I see life through my eyes and not through other peo-ple's. I'm going in search of the adventure of being alive.
And it's complicated: Why am I not looking for happiness when everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth pursuing? Why am I going to risk taking a path that no one else is taking?
After all, what is happiness?
Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety,”
― The Witch of Portobello
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