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«The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. If he loves, it is not to give himself, to blend in fecund union with another being, but to meditate on his love. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are dissipated in futile imaginings, producing nothing external to themselves.»
Author: Emile Durkheim
(Sociologist)
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«There is an old Tibetan saying: wherever you feel at home, you are at home. If your surroundings are pleasant, you are at home.»
«Romance is a love affair in other that domestic surroundings»
«Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state»
Author: Thomas Mann
(Essayist, Novelist)
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«Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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