The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.