"True happiness consists in eliminating the false idea of 'I'."

-- Buddhadasa

#Ideas Quotes #True Happiness Quotes #Eliminating Quotes

“Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what narrative it is, because I'm living my life and not always reflecting on it, but as I edit these pages I am aware that I have an urge to see my sometimes random wandering as having a plot, a purpose guided by some underlying story.”
“The sun doesn't determine the brightness of the day, you do.”
“Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.”
“Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.”
“Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn.”

Source : "'When I'm looking back I'm actually trying to find some kind of a key to go forward'". Interview with Jake Nussbaum, logger.believermag.com. August 5, 2014.
“You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough”
“My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd.”
“Whenever I see young girls wearing way too much makeup... you're young, you don't need that much.”

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