Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to read more

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, read more

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Smile, damn it !! Smile.

Smile, damn it !! Smile.

You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.

You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.