I see the cure is not worth the pain.
Interpretation
Sometimes the potential for a solution may not justify the suffering required to achieve it.
This quote by Plutarch suggests that certain remedies or solutions in life may not be worth the struggle or pain that comes with them. It reflects on the philosophical idea that while we may seek to resolve our issues, we must evaluate whether the outcome is truly beneficial in comparison to the hardships we endure to achieve it.
In practice
During a motivational speech about the sacrifices necessary for personal growth.
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need
After a time," said old Mathers disregarding me, "I mercifully perceived the errors of my ways and the unhappy destination I would reach unless I mended them. I retired from the world in order to try to comprehend it and to find out why it becomes more unsavoury as the years accumulate on a man's body. What do you think I discovered at the end of my meditations?" I felt pleased again. He was now questioning me. "What?" "That No is a better word than Yes," he replied.
You may say organize, organize, organize; but there may be so much organization that it will interfere with the work to be done.
The fruit of wisdom is Christlikeness, peace, humility and love. And, the root of it is faith in Christ as the manifested wisdom of God
Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.
Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of feeling unworthy of recovery. As your mind grows quieter and more spacious, you can begin to see self-defeating thought patterns for what they are, and open up to other, more positive options.
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