"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.."

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Source : Leo Rosten (1978). “Passions & Prejudices: Or, Some of My Best Friends are People”

Leo Rosten

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Happiness Quotes

“To learn to read is to light a fire.”
“Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.”
“You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.”
“My work is done; I have nothing left to do but to go to my Father.”
“Indochina gets into your blood and once you have a taste you'll find it's impossible to stay away.”

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“Obviously the trouble with having a hit with something like a cover of a ballad, you attract a whole new set of listeners, which is great, but on the other hand they start to pigeonhole you a little bit.”
“For over 30 years the Endangered Species Act has suffered from many fundamental flaws, the most notable being a blatant disregard for property rights,.”
“Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.”

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