Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? "What sinews are those?" — A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised, careful resolutions; unerring decisions. Discourses
"If you experience sadness without craving that the sadness go away, you continue to feel sadness but you do not suffer from it. There can actually be richness in the sadness" Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
"Some of the time he passed in a light sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of his hunger, and some of the time was spent in worries and vague hopes..." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
“He alone knew something that even initiates didn’t know how easy it was to fast.” A Hunger Artist
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