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“There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness.”

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Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara, an influential Indian philosopher active from 788 to 820 AD, is considered one of the most important thinkers in the history of Indian philosophy. His ideas profoundly impacted Indian philosophy, logic, and theology. more

“Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly useless to any one; a blight never does good to a tree, & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit, let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.”

Ifs Doe Stills Happiness Tree Bears Ought Fit Sorrow Consequence Fruit Mortals Useless Blight

Book:Complete writings: with variant readings

Source: Complete writings: with variant readings

“The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity, infernal paradise, and celestial hell - in short, harmony of opposite yearnings, sorrowful laughter, soft diamond.”

Love Pain Love Is Pleasure Hell Sorrow Laughter Opposites Harmony Insanity Paradise Yearning Diamond Sweetness Torment Desirable Celestial Sorrowful

Author:Umberto Eco

“To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise.”

Knows Men Should Pain Happiness Wise Fate Ignorance Sorrow Late Rings Bliss Paradise Folly Too Late Being Wise Ignorance Is Bliss Unfeeling

Author:Thomas Gray

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