"A man never is happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so; he seldom attains his goal, and when he does, it is only to be disappointed; he is mostly shipwrecked in the end, and comes into harbor with mast and rigging gone. And then, it is all one whether he has been happy or miserable; for his life was never anything more than a present moment always vanishing; and now it is over."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Goal Quotes

“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”
“The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.”
“For if life had taught her anything, it was that healing and peace can begin only with acknowledgment of wrongs committed.”

Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.197, Bloomsbury Publishing
“How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though it may not be much worth preserving, but a letter! Conveyed by uncertain transportation, over which the sender has no control; committed to a single individual who may be careless or inappreciative; left to the mercy of future generations, of families maybe anxious to suppress the past, of the accidents of removals and house-cleanings, or of mere ignorance. How often it has been by the veriest chance that they have survived at all.”
“The most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita, unknown territory.”
“I understand so very little. But I am not afraid to look: I am a good observer at last. My eyes are open, and I am not afraid.”
“Each and every one of us can make changes in the way we live our lives and become part of the solution [to climate change]”
“I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you?”

Source : "I Get a Kick Out of You" (song) (1934)

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