“Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, only in contradiction to what we know of it.”
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“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.”
― Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
― Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. —Aristotle”
― Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. —Aristotle”
― Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Sweet mother, I cannot weave –
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
― Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works
“We don't create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is, to welcome them.”
― Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Hygge / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
― Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Hygge / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
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