"Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point.
More by Blaise Pascal
“Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.”
“All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces.”
“The art of subversion, of revolution, is to dislodge established customs by probing down to their origins in order to show how they lack authority and justice.”
More on Equanimity
“Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness.”
“Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.”
“Let us make our hearts as big as an ocean, to go beyond all the trifles of the world and see it only as a picture. We can then enjoy the world without being in any way affected by it.”