“There is only one inborn erroneous notion ... that we exist in order to be happy ... So long as we persist in this inborn error ... the world seems to us full of contradictions. For at every step, in great things and small, we are bound to experience that the world and life are certainly not arranged for the purpose of maintaining a happy existence ... hence the countenances of almost all elderly persons wear the expression of ... disappointment.” WorldPersonsLongSeemsPurposeOrderExistenceStepsExpressionErrorsNotionBoundsDisappointmentInsightGreat ThingsContradictionPersistMaintainingElderlyEvery StepCountenanceWorld And Life Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear remain.” LongEndsIllusionPersistFear Of Death Book:An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers Source: An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers
“The repression of the memory is dependent upon and related to the suppression of feeling, for as long as the feeling persists, the memory remains vivid.” LongFeelingsMemoriesRemainsRelatedDependentPersistVividRepressionSuppression Author:Alexander Lowen