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“That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every man, in surveying the shops of London, sees numberless instruments and conveniencies, of which, while he did not know them, he never felt the need; and yet, when use has made them familiar, wonders how life could be supported without them. Thus it comes to pass, that our desires always increase with our possessions; the knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed, impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler

“A man of God has many brothers. He is a wounded soldier - he is familiar with the pain one feels in his heart, as a close and loving brother, when a brother falls victim of evil men or turns to evil desires (the latter sometimes even betrayal). Because of this, too, he is and must be well-acquainted with and trained in the strengths of hope and the gentleness of forgiveness and mercy.”

Men Feels Wells Heart Sometimes Pain Desire Turns Fall Evil Brother Mercy Victim Soldier Betrayal Familiar Latter Wounded Gentleness Evil Man Man Of God Wounded Soldier

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“Is not our chief neurosis - by which I mean our estrangement from nature - our desire to hold fast to what is forever transforming, to freeze the familiar, to submit motion to stasis, to solicit immortality through rigidity.”

Mean Desire Forever Familiar Chiefs Immortality Submit Transforming Freeze Neurosis Rigidity Hold Fast Estrangement Stasis

Book:What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life

Source: What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life