Pain is a coward. He flees when faced by the irresistible power of the will-to-live, which is more strongly rooted in the flesh than the intensest passion is rooted in the spirit. Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do. The Name of The Rose
Our culture today confuses great attention and great success, assuming them to be the same thing. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*Ck
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Book VII
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