If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. РAndr̩ Maurois
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. РAndr̩ Maurois
A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. РAndr̩ Maurois
With penetrating insight, the mystics will tell us that when we have a desire for a certain thing, a certain experience, and we fulfill that desire, the happiness we feel is not something given by that thing or experience; it is due to having no craving for a little while. – Eknath Easwaran, The Mantram Handbook