"We donâ€™t need more money, we donâ€™t need greater success or fame, we donâ€™t need the perfect body or even the perfect mate-right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness."

-- Dalai Lama

#Perfect Quotes #Mind Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.”

Source : Nancy Mitford (2010). “The Pursuit of Love”, p.182, Vintage
“There are persons who always find a hair in their plate of soup for the simple reason that, when they sit down before it, they shake their heads until one falls in.”
“But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time.”

Source : George Saintsbury (2012). “The English Novel”, p.27, tredition
“You only get back what you put in”
“those who despair of life are not long for it.”
“...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)”
“What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to learn about losing and having bad races.”
“The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.”

Source : Buffalo Bill (1879). “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography”, p.250, U of Nebraska Press

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