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As Schopenhauer said about free will, you can choose whatever you desire, but you’re not free to choose your desires.
“happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.”
― The Art of Happiness
― The Art of Happiness
“there is another source of worth and dignity from which you can relate to other fellow human beings. You can relate to them because you are still a human being, within the human community. You share that bond. And that human bond is enough to give rise to a sense of worth and dignity. That bond can become a source of consolation in the event that you lose everything else.”
― The Art of Happiness
― The Art of Happiness
“As Schopenhauer said about free will, you can choose whatever you desire, but you’re not free to choose your desires.”
― Machines Like Me
― Machines Like Me
“You can relate to them because you are still a human being, within the human community. You share that bond. And that human bond is enough to give rise to a sense of worth and dignity. That bond can become a source of consolation in the event that you lose everything else.”
― The Art of Happiness
― The Art of Happiness
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