“The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.”
Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) American journalist
2010s, 2010, The joys of losing (2010)
“Always expecting this and expecting that. May I recommend serenity to you? A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment. Learn to be one with the joy of the moment.”
Source: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 4
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