Two Quotes On Living Life

Both of these quotes come author from James Clear’s newsletter, one of openly two I subscribe to and which you can here . Clear hit a homerun today, both below are beautifully said and instructive as we paddle though the tides of life.

Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler Ross”

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Source: Death: The Final Stage of Growth

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Author T.H. White on learning as a cure for sadness:

The best thing for being sad… is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honor trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.

Source: The Once and Future King​