"We know that we are happy when our mind is peaceful, and unhappy when it is not. It is therefore clear that our happiness depends upon our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. Even if our external conditions are poor, if we maintain a peaceful mind all the time we shall always be happy."

-- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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“Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.”
“Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.”

Source : Emily Post (1905). “Purple & Fine Linen: By Emily Post”
“Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his characters might like to accomplish and what fate provides them.”
“We are living in a world where everything is based on security.”
“Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.”
“The computer is important, but not to mathematics.”
“One of the great enemies of design is when systems or objects become more complex than a person - or even a team of people - can keep in their heads. This is why software is generally beneath contempt.”
“Being a teacher at a restaurant in the town where you lived was a little like being a TV star...”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2011). “The Uncoupling: A Novel”, p.21, Penguin

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