We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
To err is to wander, and wandering is the way we discover the world; and, lost in thought, it is also the way we discover ourselves. Being right might be gratifying, but in the end it is static, a mere statement. Being wrong is hard and humbling, and sometimes even dangerous, but in the end it is a journey, and a story.
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
The human condition: lost in thought.
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