“For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache.” LoveObjectsCuresAttainmentHeadacheGuillotine Author:Ivan Panin
“After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.” MindRealFactsMightSocialEnjoySeeingObjectsTaughtDiscoveryCommunicateSupremeVainAffectedUsualSurroundingsAttainmentSocial LifeExclusionUnending Book:How to Improve Your Mind Source: How to Improve Your Mind
“A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.” HelpingChristianObjectsPursuitAttainmentHinderBeing FreeRetard Book:What is Art?: Source: What is Art?: