"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand."

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Source : Henry James (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry James (Illustrated)”, p.159, Delphi Classics

Henry James

#Happiness Quotes #Self Quotes #Inner Peace Quotes

“Then up he got with a light heart, free from all his troubles, and walked on till he reached his mother's house, and told her how very easy the road to good luck was.”

Source : Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (2009). “Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm”, p.27, The Floating Press
“Although cohabitating same-sex couples are prohibited from jointly adopting children under Utah law as a result of the same-sex marriage ban, the record shows that nearly 3,000 Utah children are being raised by same-sex couples. Thus childrearing, a liberty closely related to the right to marry, is one exercised by same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike, as well as by single individuals.”
“The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and friend; and is no longer the mere instrument of forcible intellectual feeding.”
“When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go where we've already been. If process drives the outcome we may not know where we're going, but we will know we want to be there.”
“Wit implies hatred or contempt of folly and crime, produces its effects by brisk shocks of surprise, uses the whip of scorpions and the branding-iron, stabs, stings, pinches, tortures, goads, teases, corrodes, undermines.”
“I like when you watch a film and you feel like you're a part of somebody's life for an hour and a half.”
“I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.”
“Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.”

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