The subsistence mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too!
I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
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I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
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