Andre Comte-Sponville. (№ 414950)

Philosophy did not remove all the bitterness from my life, it is impossible, but it helped me to feel this taste better. This is its purpose. Wisdom does not consist in loving happiness - no philosophy is needed for this - but in loving life as it is - happy, unhappy, bitter, sweet ... And the more clearly we feel its fragility, the more valuable it becomes she is for us.