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«It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.»
Author: Hugo Black
(Jurist, Lawyer, Politician)
| About:
Happiness,
Pleasure
| Keywords:
aiming, be full, lasting, paradox
«Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.»
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
(Prime Minister)
| About:
Peace
| Keywords:
brought about, lasting, nation state, peaceful, serenity, state of mind, state of war
«Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death»
«One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.»
«No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
| About:
Oppression
| Keywords:
exorbitance, heavy, inflicted, lasting, legal, oppression, perversion, perversions
«I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
appeal, caring, cherish, dislike, friendly, heartfelt, lasting
«Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule»
«If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.»
«Never be afraid of the moments - thus sings the voice of the ever-lasting.»
«That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but virtue of the same kind; not only the same end must be proposed but the same means must be approved by both»
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