What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Andric claims pain is essential to life and letting go is essential to happiness.
- In plain terms
- Life involves hurt and happiness requires things to pass.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept pain as part of living.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is pain necessary for growth?
- What must pass to be happy?
Another view
It may normalize unnecessary pain.
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