"The more so the wilder the waves of public or of private life. There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at an anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse; in such cases one has to leave them to their natural course and the moral influence of time. It takes a wiser doctor to know when not to prescribe , and at times the greater skill consists in not applying remedies. The proper way to sill the storms of the vulgar is to hold yourself back and let them calm down by themselves. To give way now is to conquer by and by. A fountain gets muddy but with little stirring up and does not get cleared up by our meddling with it but by leaving it alone. The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run for their course so they quiet down." - Balthasar Gracian
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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4 comments:
Hey....! I must've been this guy is one of my previous lives!
Though the external identity has changed (!) I can still totally relate to the essence of his thoughts!
Good one prits.
true... never react when you are angry.. let the things cool down. nice adapto, priti
So we are new to this strom, and its a phase that all our ancestors had crossed... good that u put this here..
the layout of this blog looks so good!!
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