“Sometimes it as though I were in hell and I do not grieve. I do not find anything to grieve over.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
A veces estoy en un infierno y no me lamento. No encuentro de qué lamentarme.
Voces (1943)
"Unmarked boxes" /Ode#1937
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)
“Sometimes it as though I were in hell and I do not grieve. I do not find anything to grieve over.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
A veces estoy en un infierno y no me lamento. No encuentro de qué lamentarme.
Voces (1943)
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
By the time our children are old enough to examine the evidence, our propaganda has closed their minds.
Source: 1930s, Power: A New Social Analysis (1938), Ch. 17: The Ethics of Power
“Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.”
Robin Hobb book Assassin's Apprentice
Source: Assassin's Apprentice
“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”
André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist