"True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems,but when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice, and to learn."

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Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

Richard Carlson

#Motivational Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Practice Quotes

“The importance of immobility and silence to photographic authority, the nonfilmic nature of this authority, leads me to some remarks on the relationship of photography with death. Immobility and silence are not only two objective aspects of death, they are also its main symbols, they figure it.”
“A library is an adjustable wrench for opening the head.”
“I can be so blown away by story lines.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The most intriguing thing about the present moment is that it never grows old.”
“Normally, what youâ€™re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels â€¦ almost nonexistent things.”
“Once upon a time â€“ for that is how all stories should begin â€“ there was a boy who lost his mother.”
“You gotta keep that in check - you got to.”
“No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.”

Source : James Boswell (2012). “James Boswell's Life of Johnson: Manuscript Edition: |”, p.186, Edinburgh University Press

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