The Wisdom Letter #134
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The Wisdom Letter #134
C. S. Lewis: There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock
... See moreDavid Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
Just imagine that the purpose of your life is your happiness only—then life becomes a cruel and senseless thing. You have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world. Then life becomes a constant joy.
Leo Tolstoy • A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se
Here’s how to live: Love.