hana77

Verified author @hana77, member from Feb. 18, 2020

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“Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) Russian author

“The greatest obstacle to living a meaningful life is the sense that one has plenty of time left.”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

“Culture is a kind of mass hallucination, designed for middle-aged people. Because culture works best for them, you know, when you're less than middle-aged you're trying to figure out the rules of this collective hallucination, if you're past middleage and you have been paying attention you know it's bullshit so you don't care anymore.”

Terence McKenna (1946–2000) American ethnobotanist

“To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any.”

Edith Wharton book The House of Mirth

Source: The House of Mirth

“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“The stronger you become, the gentler you will be.”

Unknown author

“Sometimes we love others how we should love ourselves…”

Unknown author

“Love is awful…. It's all any of us want, and it's hell when we get there.”

movie Fleebag

Love is awful. It's awful. It's painful. It's frightening. It makes you doubt yourself, judge yourself, distance yourself from the other people in your life. It makes you selfish. It makes you creepy, makes you obsessed with your hair, makes you cruel, makes you say and do things you never thought you would do. It's all any of us want, and it's hell when we get there. So no wonder it's something we don't want to own. I was taught if we're born with love then life is about choosing the right place to put it. People talk about that a lot, feeling right, when it feels right it's easy. But I'm not sure that's true. It takes strength to know what's right. And love isn't something that weak people do. Being a romantic takes a hell of a lot of hope. I think that what they mean is, when you find somebody that you love, it feels like hope.