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“Upon the highest throne in the world, we are seated, still, upon our arses.”
― The Essays: A Selection
― The Essays: A Selection
“Don't be overheard complaining ... not even to yourself.”
― Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
― Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
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“We are never at home, we are always beyond. Fear, desire, hope, project us toward the future and steal from us the consideration of what is, to busy us with what will be, even when we shall no longer be."
-from "Our feelings reach out beyond us”
― The Complete Essays
-from "Our feelings reach out beyond us”
― The Complete Essays
“To be loved by someone is to realize how much they share the same needs that lie at the heart of our own attraction to them. Albert Camus suggested that we fall in love with people because, from the outside, they look so whole, physically whole and emotionally 'together' - when subjectively we feel dispersed and confused. We would not love if there were no lack within us, but we are offended by the discovery of a similar lack in the other. Expecting to find the answer, we find only the duplicate of our own problem.”
― On Love
― On Love
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