“You cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time…”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“You cannot regard your own life with objective curiosity all the time…”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
Source: A Cafe in Space: The Anais Nin Literary Journal, Volume 3
“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.”
Leo Rosten (1908–1997) American writer
“The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life.”
John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher
Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Katherine Maher (1983) chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia CEO on facts, hoaxes and the promise of Wikipedians by Luke Ottenhof, Canada's National Observer https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/03/19/news/wikimedia-ceo-facts-wiki-hoaxes-and-promise-wikipedians, (19 March 2021) <br class="br">2021
“The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. ”
Edwin H. Land (1909–1991) American scientist and inventor
“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”
Freya Stark (1893–1993) British explorer and writer
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Variant: If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
Source: Meditations