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“Be happy for no reason is the most authentic form of happiness”

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Carlos Drummond de Andrade was a renowned Brazilian poet, born on October 31, 1902, and passed away on August 17, 1987. His poetry, known for its simplicity and clarity, has been widely appreciated in Brazil and around the world. more

“Ignorance of the law of irreducibility was no excuse. I could no longer excuse myself with the claim that I didn't know the law -- for knowledge of self and of the world is the law that, even though unattainable, cannot be broken, and no one can excuse himself by saying that he doesn't know it. . . . The renewed originality of the sin is this: I have to carry out my unknowing, I shall be sinning originally against life.”

Knows World Self Law Sin Ignorance Broken Claims Excuse Originality Self Knowledge No Excuses Unattainable Sinning Unknowing Ignorance Of The Law

Author:Clarice Lispector

“We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.”

Diamond Starving Precious Gifts

Author:Malala Yousafzai

“This attachment of Love to God is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.”

Doe Soul Break Attachment Bondage

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“As thou thinkest, so art thou.”

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Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of Goodness and Love.”

Heart May Goodness And Love Bases Infinite Down And Wave Surface Core Deep Down

Book:Swami Vivekananda on Himself

Source: Swami Vivekananda on Himself

“Be Grateful to the Man you help, think of Him as God. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship God by helping our fellow men?”

Thinking Men Helping He Man Worship Fellows Grateful Privilege Be Grateful Fellow Man Worship God

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“This universe is the wreckage of the infinite on the shores of the finite.”

Universe Infinite Shore Finite Wreckage

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.”

Men He Man Becoming Manifestation Divinity

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue.”

Knows Doe Different Real Soul Form Speak Religious Tongue Quarrels Religious Experience Different Religions

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.”

Judging Starting Priorities Family And Friends Shifting

Author:Brendan Fraser

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