“Nothing satisfies the man who is not satisfied with a little.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
“...no one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately, nor be a great lover at the first attempt; and in the interval between initial failure and subsequent success, in the gap between who we wish one day to be and who we are at present, must come pain, anxiety, envy and humiliation. We suffer because we cannot spontaneously master the ingredients of fulfilment.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
“We may be powerless to alter certain events, but we remain free to choose our attitude towards them, and it is in our spontaneous acceptance of necessity that we find our distinctive freedom.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
“All problems are illusions of the mind.”
― Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
― Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
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