"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts."

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Source : Samuel Johnson (1851). “The beauties of Johnson: choice selections from his works”, p.41

Samuel Johnson

#Change Quotes #Positive Quotes #Attitude Quotes

“The Bible says, 'The truth shall make you free.' But let's not forget it was Spiro Agnew who said that a good lie will keep you out of jail in the first place.”
“To perceive that form reveals the void, and to see that the void reveals form, is the secret for the overcoming of death. To the extent that one is unaware of space, one is unaware of one's own eternity â€” it's the same thing!”
“I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it.”
“We started shooting, and then Jodie found out she was pregnant. Forest broke it to me - he'd gone to work and heard it on the radio! It seemed like the movie was doomed. But, like these characters, there was a disregard for all the signs along the way.”
“I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.”
“You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we would know for sure that it was the best way we could do it.”
“A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.”
“I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.”

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