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“Never greet a devil till you meet one or cross a bridge before you've reached it. Ten times out of nine, thing aren't as bad as we fear them to be.”
― The Hollow Crown
― The Hollow Crown
“To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.”
― The Hidden Messages in Water
― The Hidden Messages in Water
“He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
― The Hollow Crown
― The Hollow Crown
“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“sachez-le, si vous êtes pessimiste, c’est qu’intérieurement vous n’avez pas encore pris la bonne orientation, vos pieds ne sont pas encore engagés sur le chemin de la science spirituelle, car dès le seuil de cette science, vous auriez dû discerner que le véritable avenir de l’être humain, c’est la lumière, la beauté, la joie, l’épanouissement de son âme. en chemin, bien sûr, vous rencontrerez des difficultés, vous vous heurterez à des obstacles, mais justement, pour les surmonter vous ne devez pas perdre le but de vue, mais vous réjouir par avance de ce bonheur qui vous attend.”
― Le rire du sage
― Le rire du sage
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