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That best portion of a man's life; his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
- William Wordsworth
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be
- Marcel Pagnol
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
- Scriptures
A liar lies to himself as well as to the gods. Lying is the origin of all evils; it leads to rebirth in the miserable planes of existence, to breach of the pure precepts, and to corruption of the body.
- Maharatnakuta Sutra 27
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
- John Lennon
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
- Carl Sagan
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
- Mother Teresa
The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts it and cherishes it.
- Jean Vanier
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