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“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays

tags: fear, paradox, suffer, suffering

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“A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: accidents, adversity, artist, craftiness, craftsmanship, crafty, creativity, disaster, envy, hardships, illness, imperfections, loneliness, lyrics, pain, perspective, poetry, poets, sadness, suffering, tragedy, wit, words

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“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being. (109)”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

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