“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
― Four Quartets
― Four Quartets
“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.”
― The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
― The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are - The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
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