Man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills.
Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
Bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
Arthur Schopenhauer·1851Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
Søren Kierkegaard·1843Boredom is the root of all evil — the despairing refusal to be oneself.
BoethiusFor in all adversity of fortune, the most unfortunate kind of misfortune is to have been happy.
