“That's sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something...real." Nin interlocked his fingers, and stretched out his arms. "Real love, real friends, real body parts...” LifeRealBodyArmsReflectionHarderFingersArtificialPlasticReal LoveReal FriendsReflectingSomething RealArtificial Life Book:The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy) Source: The Other Side of Life (Book #1, Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy)
“If we confine ourselves to a general and distant reflection on the ills of human life, that can have no effect to prepare us for them. If by close and intense meditation we render them present and intimate to us, that is the true secret for poisoning all our pleasures, and rendering us perpetually miserable.” IfsLifeHumansDeathEvilPleasureSecretMeditationEffectsReflectionIntenseMiserableHuman LifeIntimateLife DeathPoisoningRenderingMiserable Life Book:Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of David Hume (Illustrated)
“I've learned that each mistake was probably a reflection of something that I was (or others were) doing wrong, so if I could figure out what that was, I could learn how to be more effective.” IfsLifeGrowthMistakeFiguresReflectionPersonal GrowthInvestingI've LearnedIf I Could Author:Ray Dalio
“The mind is trained from a very young age to think that life moves from one worry to the other or from one pain to another, never from one joy to another. If you feel there is something wrong with what you are seeing, then you should look back in at yourself because what you see outside is only a reflection of what is inside you.” IfsThinkingLifeFeelsShouldMindLooksAgePainMovingYoungJoyWorrySeeingReflectionYoung Age Author:Swami Nithyananda