Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. -Goethe.

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs read more

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is read more

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Always remember, pain makes people change. So dont hurt them when you do not want them to change.

Always remember, pain makes people change. So dont hurt them when you do not want them to change.

Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but read more

Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but this evening?
[Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese
habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or read more

The great thing is, if one can, to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions in one's "own" or "real" life. The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.