"Happiness is indeed a Eurydice, vanishing as soon as gazed upon. It can exist only in acceptance, and succumbs as soon as it is laid claim to."

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Source : Denis de Rougemont (1983). “Love in the Western World”, p.280, Princeton University Press

Denis de Rougemont

#Happiness Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Vanishing Quotes

“We are moving rapidly into a world in which the spying machinery is built into every object we encounter.”

Source : Howard Rheingold (2007). “Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution”, p.18, Basic Books
“You are what you pretend to be.”

Source : Stephen Bayley, Roger Mavity (2011). “Life's a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas”, p.161, Random House
“The creation story unfurling within the scientific enterprise provides the fundamental context, the fundamental arena of meaning, for all the peoples of the Earth. For the first time in human history, we can agree on the basic story of the galaxies, the stars, the planets, minerals, life forms, and human cultures. This story does not diminish the spiritual traditions of the classical or tribal periods of human history. Rather, the story provides the proper setting for the teachings of all traditions, showing the true magnitude of their central truths.”
“Things change for the better when we take responsibility for our own thoughts, decisions and actions.”
“Mimesis has longevity on its side. But Oasis wrote two of the greatest pop songs of all time, each with lyrics that mean less and less the more you think about them. So I'm going to have to go with the Gallagher brothers.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.”

Source : Izaak Walton (1653). “The Compleat Angler: Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers”, p.246
“The greatest waste in all the world is living below our potential.”
“The living are just the dead on holiday”

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