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- “If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”
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Charles de Montesquieufrom A quote by Montesquieu
Forces that are out of your control can take everything away from you except one thing: your freedom to decide how you react to them. You don't control what happens to you in life, you control what you feel and what you do when something happens to you.
(Viktor Frankl)
“Emotions are not reactions to the world; they are your constructions of the world.”
from How Emotions Are Made by Maria Popova
Emerson:
... See more"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majest
a child, I grew up with strong feelings
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Deep feelings of who I am and what is important in life
I felt one with the world
Living and caring was one
As I became older, culture took over
The stories I heard began to color my life
I went to school
I learned that adults and experts know—not children
I learned that knowledge is external—not internal
Kicked outfrom What the Mind Has to Do With the Climate Crisis by Christine Wamsler
Every person can, if he so wishes, become the sculptor of their own brain.
It's not what happens to us, but our reaction to it that hurts us.
