"I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made"

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James Hillman

#Father Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word 'no.' To 'no' there is only one answer and that is 'yes.”
“Achamian tossed his hands skyward in dismay. â€œFoolish boy! How many faiths are there? How many competing beliefs? And you would murder another on the slender hope that yours is somehow the only one?”
“Oppression involves a failure of the imagination: the failure to imagine the full humanity of other human beings.”

Source : Margaret Atwood (1984). “Second words: selected critical prose”, Beacon Press, 1984
“we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we are rooted in god's love. in such a place there is no need for striving and impatience and dashing about seeking approval.”
“To the young: Work, work, work, and then work some more!”
“When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.”
“A patient healthy enough to undergo a kidney transplant might someday no longer need dialysis. That would free up a slot for a new patient.”

Source : "Kidney Patients Face Dialysis Rationing" by Sheri Fink, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 21, 2010.
“Iâ€™m just mad for San Francisco. It is like London and Paris stacked on top of each other.”

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