"For the record, pot, like the Reader's Digest , is not necessarily habit-forming, but both can lead to hard-core addiction : heroin, in one case, abridged bad books, in the other. Either way you look at it, a withdrawal from a meaningful life."

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Source : Mordecai Richler (1974). “Notes on an endangered species and others”, Alfred A. Knopf

Mordecai Richler

#Meaningful Quotes #Book Quotes #Addiction Quotes

“The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything.”

Source : Holbrook Jackson (1912). “All Manner of Folk: Interpretations and Studies”, p.31, Ardent Media
“Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you're gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.”
“Being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view to a viewing point - a higher, more expansive place, from which you can see both sides.”
“Nothing I've done is like anything else I've done before.”
“The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.”
“Almost everyone who reaches a plateau where he or she is happy and comfortable says its because of finding balance between work, relaxation, exercise, socialising and family - plus some alone time to do something contemplative, creative, or educational.”
“The measure of a man is what happens when nothing works and you got the guts to go on.”
“You always have the memory of the bottom, and fear of the bottom. And when you start going to the bottom you panic.”

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