“So, while you are young you must begin to find out what is this strange thing called happiness. That is an essential part of education.”
― Think on These Things: Penetrating Talks on Self-Knowledge and Human Society
― Think on These Things: Penetrating Talks on Self-Knowledge and Human Society
“If you had love in your heart, you would show respect to those who have nothing and also to those who have everything; you would neither be afraid of those who have, nor disregard those who have not. Respect in the hope of reward is the outcome of fear. In love there is no fear.”
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
“To be sensitively aware of thought, of feeling, of the world about you, of your office and of nature, is to explode from moment to moment in affection. Without affection, every action becomes burdensome and mechanical and leads to decay.”
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“When you love, you are not lonely. The sense of loneliness arises only when you are frightened of being alone and of not knowing what to do. When you are controlled by ideas, isolated by beliefs, then fear is inevitable; and when you are afraid, you are completely blind.”
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
“Peace can come only when there is love.”
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
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