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It's the things I might have said that fester.
It's the things I might have said that fester.
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down read more
Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of read more
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the read more
When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
