Innerpattern

“And yet, just as our body would burst asunder if the pressure of the atmosphere were removed from it, so would the arrogance of men expand, if not to the point of bursting then to that of the most unbridled folly, indeed madness, if the pressure of want, toil, calamity and frustration were removed from their life. One can even say that we require at all times a certain quantity of care or sorrow or want, as a ship requires ballast, in order to keep on a straight course.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms

“Man's character is his fate.”
― Heraclitus, Fragments

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant

“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
― Matsuo Bashō