Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, the fear of future suffering, and the recollection of past suffering; since the latter no longer concerns me, and the former concerns me not yet.

Seneca

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The more I think of it, the more I realize there are no answers. Life is to be lived.

Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come.

Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.

Stephen Hawking

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

After climbing a great hill, one finds that there are many more hills to climb.

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