« A lot of happiness to read this book by these beautiful lessons of love, life ... Book to read and open from time to time not to forget and for the days of gloom to celebrate life! »
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Alexandre Jollien
Living without why |
Alexandre Jollien
Living without why
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« Several quotations: "One is not born man, one becomes one" (Erasme, Selected works) "Far from saddening him, the struggle to deliver without truce and unexpectedly dispenses an authentic joy that I invariably found with the comrades who surrounded me. Supporting the morale of this singular troupe, the jubilation crowned and turned into triumph all progress, all success, even the most insignificant. "Later, when I read Nietzsche, I discovered the same thirst, the same desire. The philosopher who invites the eternal surpassing of oneself instructs me: to save my skin, every step is to invent. Getting started is what the unbearable precariousness of my being demands. "Pascal, following Aristotle, thinks that behind every act of man is the voluntary search for happiness. Present behind the slap as behind the caress, it animates every man and constitutes the goal of all actions. "One pride inhabits me: to be a man with equal rights and duties, to share the same condition, his sufferings, his joys, his demands. This pride brings us all together, the deaf as well as the lame. The Ethiopian as the hare beak, the Jew as the cul-de-sac, the blind as the Down's syndrome, the Muslim as the homeless, you like me. We are men! "The profession of man, a fatal way of life that everyone practices on a daily basis, often without knowing it, therefore there are many resources, a constant ingenuity deployed to make life a victory, to assume its condition. "Let's say it again!" Suffering does not grow, it is what is done that can grow the individual. No need to suffer to flourish, no need to know isolation to appreciate the presence of the other" "Joy always announces that life has succeeded, that it has gained ground, that it has won a victory: all great joy has a triumphal accent" "When one agrees to fight with the everyday, one inevitably ends up stripping, the essential requiring a kind of asceticism of every moment. "Friendship, a privileged relationship with others, is, among the essential tools, certainly the sweetest. Salt of life for Aristotle, it provides comfort in adversity." »
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Alexandre Jollien
Man's profession: Tracking 'Spiritual Practice' |
Alexandre Jollien
Man's profession: Tracking 'Spiritual Practice'
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« I realize that being a Buddhist or a Christian is extremely demanding. You can never shout victory and settle down. It's always about getting started, moving forward. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Living without why |
Alexandre Jollien
Living without why
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