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“Joy, happiness ... we do not question. They are beyond question, maybe. A matter of being. But pain forces us to think, and to make connections ... to discover what has been happening to cause it. And, curiously enough, pain draws us to other human beings in a significant way, whereas joy or happiness to some extent, isolates.”

Thinking Way Humans Has Beens Matter Enough Pain Joy Humanity Force Causes Human Beings Draws Happenings Connections Significant Joy Happiness Enough Pain

Book:Recovering: A Journal

Source: Recovering: A Journal

“Love and work are crucial for human happiness because, when done well, they draw us out of ourselves and into connection with people and projects beyond ourselves. Happiness comes from getting these connections right.”

People Humans Wells Done Projects Draws Connections Crucial Human Happiness

Book:The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

“When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.”

Writing Mind Hands Trouble Draws Connections Fingers

Book:For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners

Source: For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners

“Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.”

Believe Ends Country Would Be Strong I Believe Draws Connections Elsewhere Scotland Not Strong Strong Connection

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“With me the connection between the cosmic phenomena and human behaviour is a living faith that draws me nearer to God, humbles me and makes me readier for facing Him.”

Humans Faith Draws Connections Cosmic Behaviour Human Behaviour

Book:The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts

Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts

“Naturally, grown-up citizens are concerned about the beatniks and delinquents. ... The question is why the grownups do not, more soberly, draw the same conclusions as the youth. Or, since no doubt many people are quite clear about the connection that the structure of society that has becoming increasingly dominant in our country is disastrous to the growth of excellence and manliness, why don't more people speak up and say so?”

“In the first stage of insight-building, all that researchers can do is observe phenomena. Second, they classify the phenomena in a way that helps them simplify the apparent complexities of the world so they can ignore the meaningless differences and draw connections between the things that really seem to matter. Third, based on the classification system, they propose a theory. The theory is a statement of what causes what and why, and under what circumstances.”

“Recent literature on transsexualism in the lesbian community draws connections with the practices of sadomasochism.”

Literature Community Practice Draws Connections

Author:Sheila Jeffreys

“People in America get really angry at the Federal Reserve and at the "money system" in general during economic crises. The Fed draws hostility because of its power, its insulation from democratic accountability, its lack of transparency, and because of its historical and structural connections to finance.”

“The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution.”

Humans Book Political Human Nature Example Draws Enlightenment Connections Constitution Debate Political Systems New Books Framing American Constitution

Author:Steven Pinker