"Alas, we think of ourselves as unique entities-minds unlike any others-and thus we often reject the lessons that the emotional experience of others has to teach us."

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Source : Daniel Gilbert (2006). “Stumbling on Happiness”, p.233, Vintage

Daniel Gilbert

#Unique Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl.”
“I'm a small-town kid from Kerrville, Texas.”
“I'm often drawn to darker subjects. There's a lot of awful stuff in literature - and in life. Every day I read the paper and think how much I'd love certain people to just go away. But the flipside is that much of life is really good and sweet and tender and true. That's another thing pets teach us. That, and the importance of holding on to those good things in life.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“I am not the biggest, I am not the strongest, but I am Damn sure the toughest!”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.”
“What woman says to fond lover should be written on air or the swift water. [Lat., Mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.]”
“No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action or word to release anxiety from his spirit.”

Source : Epistle on the to Apply to Souls Sect. 1
“I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.”

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