"Adam Smith was not a big fan of the pursuit of fame and fortune. His view of what we truly want, of what really makes us happy, cuts to the core of things. It takes him only twelve words to get to the heart of the matter: Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely."

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Source : Russ Roberts (2014). “How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness”, p.23, Penguin

Russ Roberts

#Heart Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Men Quotes

“The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome”
“There's no such thing as a coincidence in a prayer chapel.”
“The first time I read Marx, all I knew was he had given rise to this [Soviet] system that was supposed to be more or less the devil's work. It's disconcerting to read what he had to say and see that a lot of it was very human and very decent and didn't seem to be the work of the devil at all.”

Source : Source: variety.com
“Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama.”

Source : Song: Journey, 2009
“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
“Are you doing what you're doing today because you want to do it, or because it's what you were doing yesterday?”
“It's good to touch the green, green grass of home”

Source : Song: Green Green Grass Of Home
“Only the Christian religion, which in its essence is communicated by the eternal child of God, keeps alive in its believers the lifelong awareness of their being children, and therefore of having to ask and give thanks for things.”

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