To great evils we submit;
we resent little provocations.
(Hazlitt: On Great and Little Things.)
Heraclitus, «It would not be better…»
It would not be better
if things happened to men
just as they wish.
(Heraclitus.)
Franz Kafka, «Don’t despair…»
Don’t despair,
not even over the fact
that you don’t despair.
(Franz Kafka: Diary.)
Goethe, «Whatever…»
Whatever liberates our spirit
without giving us mastery over ourselves
is destructive.
(Goethe: Maxims and Reflections.)
Freidrich Nietzsche, «Possesions…»
Possessions are generally
diminished by possession.
(Friedrich Nietzsche: The Gay Science.)
Emerson, «Much…»
Much will have more.
(Emerson.)
Spinoza, «Desire…»
Desire is the very essence of man.
(Spinoza: Ethics.)
Edgar Lee Masters, «The earth keeps…»
The earth keeps some vibration going –
there in your heart, and that is you.
(Edgar Lee Masters: Spoon River Anthology.)
Publilius Syrus, «Life is short…»
Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.
(Publilius Syrus: Sententiae.)
Diderot, «What a fine comedy this world would be…»
What a fine comedy this world would be
if one did not play a part in it!
(Diderot:Letters to Sophie Volland.)