People often tend to seek outwards for redemption or fulfillment of something lacking in their life. In fact, this method of achieving happiness is artificial and short-lived. Many of us have already learned the wisdom but there are always those people that continue to be trapped making the same mistakes.
Yet human sentimentality is responsible for these failings. In all our pursuits for affection, attention, comfort, or any other emotionally driven desires to affect or control others, we have lost sight that true liberation begins from within.
The following are some quotes which remind me of this truth:
"If we are incapable of finding peace in ourselves, it is pointless to search elsewhere." -Francois de la Rochefoucauld
"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have." -Doris Mortman
"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." -Agnes Repplier
"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe."
-Marcus Aurelius
"Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something on finds; it is something one creates." -Thomas Szasz
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