Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them. - Hermann Hesse

Like one who has eaten and drunk too much and vomits painfully, and then feels better, so did the restless man wish he could rid himself with one terrific heave of these pleasures, of these habits of this entirely senseless life.

I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation...and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.