Monday 31 October 2016

SUFFERING OF WISDOM

You have to work hard on yourself, and confront what Cioran calls the 'suffering of wisdom', or the 'rigors of asceticism'. But the more you persevere in this process of inner transformation, the more you find that wisdom, serenity, and joy break through to you and impregnate your whole being - and that, unlike the pleasures of the world, they're completely independent of any outer circumstances

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