“To possess a high degree of consciousness, to be always aware of yourself in relation to the world, to live in the permanent tension of knowledge, means to be lost for life.” WorldMeanLostConsciousnessDegreesRelationPermanentTension Author:Emile M. Cioran
“To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.” WantNeedsHumansMeanEmotionAdultsOppositesTensionCherishAdoreOpposingReconcileConflicting EmotionsConflicting Ideas Author:Stephen Fry