It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing foreign has decided what we feel, what we live, or what we are.

JeanPaul Sartre
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing...
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing...
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing...
It is therefore senseless to think of complaining since nothing...
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This quote from Seneca is about the importance of letting go and accepting what we have. He is saying that it is pointless to complain because we can’t change anything and complaining doesn’t help anything. The only thing we can do is to focus on our lives and live them as best we can.

Source: Being And Nothingness

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