Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes About Suffering
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Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.
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One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness.
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If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!
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Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?
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Confuse not love with the raptures of possession, which bring the cruellest of sufferings. For, notwithstanding the general opinion, love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite.
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