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“There is no one right way to live.”

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Daniel Quinn is an American novelist known for his profound insights into human history and culture. His works often explore the relationship between humans and nature, as well as the development of human civilization. more

“...There is no end to the making and selling of things there is no end to the making and selling of things there is no end... Man, it occurs to me, is a joyful, buying-and-selling piece of work. I have been wrong, dead wrong, when I've decried consumerism. Consumerism is what we are. It is, in a sense, a holy impulse. A human being is someone who joyfully goes in pursuit of things, brings them home, then immediately starts planning how to get more.”

Men Humans Has Beens Ends Home Human Beings Pieces Holy Pursuit Planning Selling Impulse Buying Joyful Consumerism Buying And Selling

Author:George Saunders

“But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.”

Sea Deeper

Book:To the lighthouse: the original holograph draft

Source: To the lighthouse: the original holograph draft

“In a Man's Letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast.”

Men Soul Lying Letters Naked

Author:Samuel Johnson

“Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers: It is the only prayer that deserves an answer—good, honest, noble work.”

Prayer Answers Honest Deserve Labor Positive Atheism Noble

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.”

Thinking Believe Heart Hands Beautiful I Believe Sleep Brain Air Calm I Believe In Sunshine Fresh Air Beautiful Thoughts

Author:Elbert Hubbard

“Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Open your heart and follow where it leads you...and remember, shoot for the moon.”

Heart Remember Fall Moon Falling In Love Open Your Heart Love Again Falling In Love Again Shoot For The Moon Afraid To Fall In Love

Author:Cecelia Ahern

“It's the endlessly thinking about yourself that causes such heart shame.”

Thinking Heart Causes Shame About Yourself Thinking About Yourself

Author:Gregory Maguire

“The heart that once has been your shrine for other loves is too divine”

Heart Has Beens Love Is Divine Shrines

Book:Poems [tr. by A. Lang, C. C. Hayden, Marie A. Clarke, George Santayana, Emily S. Forman

Source: Poems [tr. by A. Lang, C. C. Hayden, Marie A. Clarke, George Santayana, Emily S. Forman

“My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”

Inspiring Amount Ocean Multitudes Limitless Atlas Drops In The Ocean

Author:David Mitchell

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