You suffer, not from what comes into the mind, but from what comes out of it. If the real cause of suffering was outside, you’d have to make the world a perfect place in your quest to put an end to suffering.

"The cause of suffering lies inside. You suffer, not from what comes into the mind, but from what comes out of it. Things outside — society, the climate — might be atrocious, but they’re not the real cause of your suffering. If they were, then in the quest to put an end to suffering, you’d have to make the world a perfect place. But the world resists being made perfect."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Four Noble Truths"

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