"Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life."

-- George Bernard Shaw

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“You'll often find that people's declared preferences - what they say they want - are far different from their revealed preferences - what they actually do.”
“Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.”
“Comrades ! You have voluntarily accepted a mission that is the noblest that the human mind can conceive of. For the fulfillment of such a mission no sacrifice is too great, not even the sacrifice of one's life. You are today the custodians of India's national honour and the embodiment of India's hopes and aspirations. So conduct yourself that your countrymen may bless you and posterity may be proud of you.”

Source : Subhas Chandra Bose, Netaji Subhas Ashram (Suisa, India), Indian National Army (2004*). “Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and 21st century India: a special number on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose”
“Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.”
“As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.30, Vintage
“I had a 15th club in my bag.”

Source : "Crenshaw a Master Again / '84 winner, now 43, holds off Love for win" by Scott Ostler, www.sfgate.com. April 10, 1995.
“I find this curious - two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok.”
“Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qurâ€™an to support their views and misleading rulers.”

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