"All my father saw was what he wanted to see."

-- Jerzy Kosinski

#Father Quotes #Saws Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“My goal is to beat yours.”
“I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.”
“You've only got to begin to do anything to find out how few honest, honourable people there are. Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I think: "Oh Lord, you've given us huge forests, infinite fields, and endless horizons, and we, living here, ought really to be giants.”
“To me, Satan ultimately represents rebellion.”
“When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates.”

Source : Tal Ben-Shahar (2014). “Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness”, p.154, Algonquin Books
“But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine.”
“Even at the timeâ€”twenty years oldâ€”I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a day. There is no particular daring in this vow, but I have not broken it and shall not do so. The wisdom of my grandfathers sat in my head: we are born for the pleasure of work, fighting, love, we are born for that and nothing else. (Guy de Maupassant)”
“The simplified life is a sanctified life, Much more calm, much less strife. Oh, what wondrous truths are unveiled- Projects succeed which had previously failed. Oh, how beautiful life can be, Beautiful simplicity.”

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