"I've spent most of my life trying to think my way to happiness, and my failure to achieve that goal only proves, in my mind, that I am not a good enough thinker. It never occurred to me that the source of my unhappiness is not flawed thinking but thinking itself."

-- Eric Weiner

#Thinking Quotes #Goal Quotes #Mind Quotes

“That's what I like about you, senator, you're kicking it old-school.”

Source : Russ Feingold (2012). “While America Sleeps: A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era”, p.175, Broadway Books
“Re-investing in one's own little moments of insight is very important”
“The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen.”
“The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.”
“We need to reform our school lunch programs. We need to get healthy items into the vending machines.”
“I spy, with my little eye, something that starts with ... G." "Sausages.”

Source : Adam Rex (2013). “The True Meaning of Smekday”, p.73, A&C Black
“Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle.”
“Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.”

Source : Joe Haldeman (2006). “A Separate War and Other Stories”, p.108, Penguin

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