The human condition is essentially the conflict between the human need for control and a universe that provides little if any of it. Once we accept this and get into the flow of life, we are free and, paradoxically, able to get better results.

Oli Anderson
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The human condition is essentially the conflict between the human need for control and a universe that provides little if any of it. Once we accept this and get into the flow of life, we are free and, paradoxically, able to get better results. The key to this quote is that we should not try to control the universe because we will always lose. Instead, we should focus on ourselves and what we can control.

Source: Personal Revolutions: A Short Course In Realness

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