We are often but slaves to the feelings our own body subjects us to. - Stanislav Stodůlka

Paradox: We don't have strong enough willpower to have free will.

The expectation that someone else will, in the long run, make us happy is the perfect way to end up unhappy.

A healthy body, with the help of oxytocin and other hormones, creates very intense feelings towards the offspring. Long-term feelings, strong enough to have us feel an endless need to protect the child throughout life, even at the cost of our own. Thanks to these feelings, however, we protect them not only from the environment and its own indiscretions, but often also from ourselves, and therefore from actions stemming from our emotions.