Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.
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Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to read more
I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.
Simply the thing I am shall make me live.
All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.
All I want is a little more than I'll ever get.
Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.
Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world read more
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. -Indian saying.
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.
Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person read more
Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?
