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the philosopher Isaiah Berlin viewed it as the result of an “unappeasable yearning for unattainable goals.”63 Such yearning placed the romantic in a state of perpetual opposition to conforming norms.
from The Business Romantic by Tim Leberecht
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- We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can't hold on to anything -- a beautiful sunset, a sweet taste, an intimate moment with a lover, our very existence as the body/mind we call self -- because all things come and go. Lacking any per... See more
from Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N. by Tara Brach
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- As long as you are governed by that desire you will never get what you want. You are trying to peel an onion: if you succeed there will be nothing left. Until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain.
Erikc Perez-Perez added
a sense of urgency is a terrible illusion, a trick that happens, again and again, because life inside our skin and outside our skin are forever different.
from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
- Seek wordless states of being
gabriel and added
There is a constant and vital tension between longing and belonging.
from Eternal Echoes: Exploring Our Hunger To Belong by John O'Donohue
"It takes considerable time and growth to accept that, where there is unfulfillment, the inner intention is different from the outer conscious desires, wants, and intentions. You must eventually discover this truth of life: that there must be something at work within you that thwarts the wished-for fulfillment. But even when this, at first pur
... See morefrom The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork by Eva Pierrakos
Every craving is linked to a desire to change your internal state.
from Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear