“He who is himself crossed in love is able from time to time to master his passion, for he is not the creature but the creator of his own misery; and if a lover is unable to control his passion, he at least knows that he is himself to blame for his sufferings. But he who is loved without reciprocating that love is lost beyond redemption, for it is not in his power to set a limit to that other's passion, to keep it within bounds, and the strongest will is reduced to impotence in the face of another's desire.” IfsKnowsLoveAbleFacesDesireSufferingPassionLostLove IsMastersLoversCreaturesLimitsBlameMiseryBoundsCreatorRedemptionStrongestImpotenceLove Is Lost Author:Stefan Zweig
“Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.” ThinkingLoveLifeShouldDoeSoulCommonEnvironmentHabitGratitudeMindfulnessStrongerBlameDetermineLovelySurroundingsLovely Life Author:William James
“Self-love makes us deceive ourselves in almost all matters, to censure others, and to blame them for the same faults that we do not correct in ourselves; we do this either because we are unaware of the evil that exists within us, or because we always see our own evil disguised as a good.” LoveSelfMatterEvilSelf LoveBlameFaultsDeceivingCensure Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable