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“You see how few things you have to do to live a satisfying and reverent life? If you can manage this, that's all even the gods can ask of you. ”
Book II • Marcus Aurelius“„One thing, however, did become clear to him [Goldmund] – why so many perfect works of art did not please him at all, why they were almost hateful and boring to him, in spite of a certain undeniable beauty. Workshops, churches, and palaces were full of these fatal works of art; he had even helped with a few himself. They were deeply disappointing because they aroused the desire for the highest and did not fulfill it. They lacked the most essential thing – mystery. That was what dreams and truly great works of art had in common: mystery.“”
Narcissus and Goldmund • Hermann Hesse“ "People are liberated from suffering not when they experience this or that fleeting pleasure, but rather when they understand the impermanent nature of all their feelings, and stop craving them. "”
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind • Yuval Noah Harari“Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.”
Fragment • Epictetus“We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.”
Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens