"If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire. But if, for the sake of attaining a definite aim, he struggles with desires that hinder him, he will then create a fire which will gradually transform his inner world into a single whole."

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Source : "In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching". Book by P.D. Ouspensky, 1949.

P.D. Ouspensky

#Struggle Quotes #Men Quotes #Fire Quotes

“I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.”
“Writing on a computer feels like a recipe for writer's block. I can type so fast that I run out of thoughts, and then I sit there and look at the words on the screen, and move them around, and never get anywhere. Whereas in a notebook I just keep plodding along, slowly, accumulating sentences, sometimes even surprising myself.”
“I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself too often.”
“All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.”

Source : "On Learned Ignorance" by Nicholas of Cusa, 1440.
“For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And theyâ€™re seen as kind, benevolent creatures. Funny. Every fairy tale Iâ€™d ever heard involving dragons starred daring knights trotting off to kill said dragons. Probably the real reason every time East meets West they get pissed off and throw tea in our faces.”

Source : Jennifer Rardin (2011). “Another One Bites The Dust: Book two in the Jaz Parks sequence”, p.33, Hachette UK
“The real middle class India that has always been looking for a voice that is its very own. I write about it because I belong to it.”
“The likelihood is that any English-speaking skier has more words for different types of snow than any inhabitant of Alaska or Greenland.”
“I have never met a heavy heart that wasnâ€™t a phone booth with a red cape inside Some people will never understand the kind of superpower it takes for some people to just walk outside Some days I know my smile looks like the gutter of a falling house But my hands are always holding tight to the ripchord of believing”

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