“My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order of the world, and generally to accustom myself to believing that there is nothing entirely in our power except our thoughts, so that after we have done our best regarding things external to us, everything in which we do not succeed is for us absolutely impossible.” WorldTryingBelieveDoneDesireOrderChangePowerImpossibleSucceedThirdsFortuneConquerOur ThoughtsMaxims Author:Rene Descartes
“Such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labor and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other; such are the changes that keep the mind in action: we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated; we desire something else and begin a new pursuit.” WorldMindActionDesireNightChangeLaborPursuitPursueRetirementDay And NightVicissitudes Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes.. Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“it is the nature of human beings, and especially of the mediocre ones, to wish to change everything. They desire it all the more because they know popularity will accrue rather to those who disturb than to those who maintain order.” KnowsHumansDesireOrderWishChangeHuman BeingsPopularityMediocre Author:Marie Antoinette