A Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
Thou demandest what is love? It is that powerful attraction towards all that we conceive, or fear, or hope beyond ourselves, when we find within our own thoughts the chasm of an insufficient void, and seek to awaken in all things that are, a community with what we experience within ourselves.
If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
How many of us have these demons or habits or things we don't like about ourselves and understand the loops that we're in and yet are unable to break out of them and create lasting change within ourselves?
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
If a man doesn't find ease in himself, 'tis in vain to seek it elsewhere.
Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire truth and happiness, and are incapable of certainty or happiness.
Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you.
All that you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within and you will surely find it.
If that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find without.
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
It just means that your talents lie elsewhere, so take the opportunity to seek out what you are good at, and find a place where you can flourish. Once you do, you’re going to kill it.
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