“Overcoming attachment does not mean becoming cold and indifferent. On the contrary, it means learning to have relaxed control over our mind through understanding the real causes of happiness and fulfillment, and this enables us to enjoy life more and suffer less.” MindMeanDoeRealSufferingCausesEnjoyUnderstandingColdBecomingOvercomingContraryFulfillmentAttachmentIndifferentEnjoy LifeRelaxed Book:How to Meditate: A Practical Guide: Second Edition (Large Print 16pt) Source: How to Meditate: A Practical Guide: Second Edition (Large Print 16pt)
“In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematics. Now, on the contrary, I enjoy life; I might almost say that with every year that passes I enjoy it more.” KnowsYearsMightDesireEnjoyMathematicsSuicideContraryHatedAdolescenceEnjoy LifeVerge Book:The Conquest of Happiness Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“When you consider something like death, after which (there being no news flash to the contrary) we may well go out like a candle flame, then it probably doesn't matter if we try too hard, are awkward sometimes, care for one another too deeply, are excessively curious about nature, are too open to experience, enjoy a nonstop expense of the senses in an effort to know life intimately and lovingly.” IfsKnowsTryingWellsMaySometimesMatterHardCareEnjoyEffortNewsContrarySensesCuriousFlamesLife And DeathExpensesCandleAwkwardFlash Author:Diane Ackerman
“Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season each other; and I will venture to affirm, that no man enjoys either in perfection that does not join both.” MeanDoeEnjoyPleasurePerfectionSeasonsContraryVenture Author:Lord Chesterfield