“But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“لا تطلب منه أن يخرجك من حالة ليستعملك فيما سواها، فلو أراد لاستعملك بغير إخراج.”
― الحِكم العطائية
― الحِكم العطائية
“إذا التَبسَ عليكَ أمرانِ، فَانظُر أثقلهما على النفْس فاتّبِعهُ؛ فإنهُ لا يَثَقلُ عليها إلا ما كان حقًا.”
― الحِكم العطائية
― الحِكم العطائية
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.”
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