"What is important? Life. Nothing else but that one. Life: a calm and contented life, in which a person makes peace with himself and the world, and does not long for anything or anywhere, not even for time to pass. This could perhaps be called happiness, but it is not. Happiness is already unsettling and worrying. Fear that it will end someday. Tranquility is infinity itself, a wise, gentle, humane life: it goes on in such a way that if it were to end in the middle, one would not even notice it.
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What is important? Life. Nothing else but that one. Life: a calm and contented life, in which a person makes peace with himself and the world, and does not long for anything or anywhere, not even for time to pass. This could perhaps be called happiness, but it is not. Happiness is already unsettling and worrying. Fear that it will end someday. Tranquility is infinity itself, a wise, gentle, humane life: it goes on in such a way that if it were to end in the middle, one would not even notice it.
""Mi fontos? Az élet. Más semmi, csak az az egy. Az élet: a nyugodt és megelégedett élet, melyben az ember békét köt önmagával és a világgal, és nem vágyik sehova és semmire, még arra sem, hogy teljék az idő. Ezt talán boldogságnak lehetne nevezni, pedig nem az. A boldogság már nyugtalanító és aggodalmat ébreszt. Félelmet, hogy egyszer véget ér. A nyugalom az maga a végtelenség, bölcs, szelíd, emberséges élet: úgy folyik, hogyha közben véget érne, nem is venné talán észre az ember."