“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”
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“Something that is merely negative creates nothing.”
(1857/58)
Source: Notebook VI, The Chapter on Capital, p. 532.

"The World of the Hero" (1976)

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“No great importance is to be given to mere experience.”
In Vikram A. Sarabhai, 19 August 2002, 14 December 2013, OutlookIndia http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?216858,

1960s, The Quest for Peace and Justice (1964)
Context: We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say "We must not wage war." It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace. There is a fascinating little story that is preserved for us in Greek literature about Ulysses and the Sirens. The Sirens had the ability to sing so sweetly that sailors could not resist steering toward their island. Many ships were lured upon the rocks, and men forgot home, duty, and honor as they flung themselves into the sea to be embraced by arms that drew them down to death. Ulysses, determined not to be lured by the Sirens, first decided to tie himself tightly to the mast of his boat, and his crew stuffed their ears with wax. But finally he and his crew learned a better way to save themselves: they took on board the beautiful singer Orpheus whose melodies were sweeter than the music of the Sirens. When Orpheus sang, who bothered to listen to the Sirens? So we must fix our vision not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but upon the positive affirmation of peace. We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war.
Source: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times (1972), p. 192.