Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.
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Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of read more
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
He's no failure. He's not dead yet.
He's no failure. He's not dead yet.
It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial read more
It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
When we blame, we give away our power.
When we blame, we give away our power.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
