SleepingDragonEdmonton AB, Alberta Canada206 posts
--Momentary pleasure is experienced when a need is satisfied; but when all needs are satisfied we experience boredom.
--Suffering varies with awareness.
--All WILLING springs from lack, from deficiency, and thus from suffering. Fullfillment brings this to an end; yet for one wish that is fullfilled there remain at least ten that are denied....No attained object of willing can give a satisfaction that last and no longer declines; but it is always like the alms thrown to a beggar, which reprieves him today so that his misery may be prolonged till tomorrow. Therefore, so long as our consciousness is filled by our will, so long as we are given up to the throng of desires with its constant hopes and fears, so long as we are the subject of willing, we never obtain lasting happiness or peace
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." H.L. Mencken, 1880 - 1956
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