"It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."

-- Haruki Murakami

#Happiness Quotes #Stories Quotes #Said Quotes

“Set aside predictable, regular times to give full attention without being distracted by other concerns while also creating a safe, familiar place for baby to spend time playing alone.”
“I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The [people] for whom I feel the greatest sadness are the ones who choke on their beliefs, who never act on their ideals, who never know the state of struggle in a decent cause, and never know the thrill of even partial victories.”
“Now there is living to give instead of to get. As you concentrate on the giving, you discover that just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without receiving - even the most wonderful things like health and happiness and inner peace. There is a feeling of endless energy, it just never runs out, it seems to be as endless as air. You seem to be plugged in to the source of universal energy.”
“You should never even ask if a campaign is winnable, because the question is not answerable. No-one can predict the course of the future. Time and time again I have seen completely unforeseeable shifts in the tide of events that result in campaign victory.”
“All my life I've lived with a future which constantly diminishes but never vanishes.”

Source : Mark Doty (2009). “Heaven's Coast: A Memoir”, p.4, Harper Collins
“Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.”
“To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.”
“My best entrepreneurial advice is to start.”

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