Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Why are we so fragile?

"Why are we so fragile?" Question asked by professional golfer and golf commentator Nik Faldo during a golf telecast as he noticed how golfers allowed events  to raise them into joy or push them into despair in an instant.


"To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." (Chuang-tse)


"I saw that all things which occasioned in me any anxiety or fear had in themselves nothing of good or evil except insofar as the mind was moved by them. (Spinoza)


"It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul, for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgements."  (Aurelius)

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