The momentum given ... by passage through sorrow is missi...

The momentum given ... by passage through sorrow is missing when peace is sought through avoidance. A flat life of calibrated retreat may appear placid and ordered to neighbors, but those who live minimally and timidly tread water, enduring a life of chronic anxiety-depression.
Cultivating Inner Peace, Paul R Fleischman, MD, psychiatrist and Vipassana Acariya


Give not thyself up, then, to fire,