The root of all misery
It is not the world but attachment to it which is the root of all misery. – Swami Nityaswarupananda
Suffering
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Happiness is not a reward
Happiness is not a reward – it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment – it is a result. – Robert Green Ingersoll
Overcome any bitterness
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in a certain measure of that cosmic pain, and are called upon to meet it…
A little man within
What is troubling us is the tendency to believe that the mind is like a little man within. – Ludwig Wittgenstein
The folly is under control
A man or woman of knowledge sweats and puffs like any ordinary person. Yet the folly of their life is under control. – Don Juan
Terrible misfortunes
My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes – most of which never happened. – Mark Twain
To be onto something
The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair. – Walker Percy
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