Insights, Snippets, Quotes, Epiphanies & All That Sort of Things

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Florestan

The most extreme case being the advice give by Tolstoy, that one should only want death because it's the only thing one will certainly get.  ;D
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Karl Henning

Quote from: steve ridgway on June 18, 2024, 07:27:53 AMI am in the middle and try to focus my wanting on what I can reasonably have.

Quote from: Florestan on June 18, 2024, 07:52:38 AMThe most extreme case being the advice give by Tolstoy, that one should only want death because it's the only thing one will certainly get.  ;D

Few go dark like a Russian goes dark.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
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[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

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Quote from: steve ridgway on June 18, 2024, 07:27:53 AMI am in the middle and try to focus my wanting on what I can reasonably have.

I remember that's one of Stoics' teachings. Maybe Buddhist too.

steve ridgway

Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on June 18, 2024, 08:51:20 AMI remember that's one of Stoics' teachings. Maybe Buddhist too.

Oh, thanks for that. Perhaps I'll look the Stoics up then 8) .

AnotherSpin

Quote from: steve ridgway on June 18, 2024, 07:27:53 AMI am in the middle and try to focus my wanting on what I can reasonably have.

Middle-enjoyment is yours then.

If serious, you're entitled to want whatever you want, just: a) know that you don't control the outcome, b) don't object to what is.

steve ridgway

Quote from: steve ridgway on June 18, 2024, 09:12:47 AMOh, thanks for that. Perhaps I'll look the Stoics up then 8) .

Yeah, just more ideas, I think when it comes to philosophy I'm on my own ::) .

AnotherSpin

Quote from: steve ridgway on June 18, 2024, 10:58:56 PMYeah, just more ideas, I think when it comes to philosophy I'm on my own ::) .

No philosophy required to know that you are and get hold of this knowing ;)

Dry Brett Kavanaugh

We are interested in others when they are interested in us - Publilius Syrus.

Karl Henning

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Sometimes there's no other way to describe certain men other than to say, "if I were a woman, I'd cover my drink around him."
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

"You can't calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass."
- Buddha
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

NumberSix


Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

LKB

Quote from: NumberSix on October 02, 2024, 03:09:15 PMSometimes I wonder.  :-\

The storm will certainly pass. What concerns me is, how much of what is important will be left in its wake.
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