“He who wills believes with a fair amount of certainty that will and action are somehow one; he ascribes the success, the carrying out of the willing, to the will itself, and thereby enjoys an increase of the sensation of power which accompanies all success.” BelieveActionEnjoyWillingAmountFairsIncreaseCertaintySensationsWillpowerAccompany Book:The Selected Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche Source: The Selected Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche
“I think sometimes that it is almost a pity to enjoy Italy as much as I do, because the acuteness of my sensations makes them rather exhausting; but when I see the stupid Italians I have met here, completely insensitive to their surroundings, and ignorant of the treasures of art and history among which they have grown up, I begin to think it is better to be an American, and bring to it all a mind and eye unblunted by custom.” ThinkingMindArtSometimesEyeEnjoyStupidMetsTreasureIgnorantPityCustomsSensationsSurroundingsExhaustingInsensitive Author:Edith Wharton
“The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves. We lack strength to endure the least task, being incapable of suffering pain, powerless to enjoy pleasure, impatient with everything. How many invoke death when, after having tried every sort of change, they find themselves reverting to the same sensations, unable to discover any new experience.” PainSufferingEvilEnjoyPleasureTasksEndureSensationsIncapablePowerlessImpatientNew ExperiencesInvokeEnnuiLocalitySuffering PainReverting Author:Seneca the Younger