Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force
We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.
The creative mind plays with the object it loves.
Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.