Tag: philosophy

The fear of giving up an old dream is almost always unfounded, and the years shows that giving it up brings a kind of liberation. Sticking to little means being less displeased, if not more fully satisfied. When one realizes this, one sees that it only makes sense to nurture a dream that incurs a salutary practice.

Satisfaction, if not sought now, if not experienced in the present circumstances, will never be sought or experienced. One has to get used to having it and wanting it, one has to move towards it, and this can only be done through will, effort and a good disposition. It is always possible to find it, and it is all the more fruitful to do so when it seems so far away. Humility in satisfaction is lasting satisfaction.

The distressing feeling of not belonging seems much more an internal issue than an objective one. Objectively, one belongs to where one is born. And if we see Schopenhauer, for example, experiencing it all his life, we can only credit it to an inner disposition. Schopenhauer, in fact, was relatively well-accommodated, and he also adapted relatively well to the circumstances imposed on him, although he did not realize it. The feeling he carried through life was nothing more than a psychological hindrance that he could not get rid of.

Defeat only occurs if circumstances paralyze, decreeing the end of a trajectory. This is also true of death: it often triggers a progression that cancels out its effects, a progression that is perhaps only possible thanks to death itself. So, in short, as long as the means of response are not exhausted, one has not succumbed; and when they appear to be exhausted, victory is still possible—provided, of course, that one has prepared for it.