The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- It claims that the only thing we cannot bear is nothing at all.
- In plain terms
- Nothing is truly unbearable.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize that suffering is often mental.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you distinguish real from imagined limits?
Another view
Some things can be genuinely intolerable.
More from Arthur Rimbaud
Il faut etre absolument moderne.
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