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“If happiness always depends on something expected in the future, we are chasing a will-o'-the-wisp that ever eludes our grasp, until the future, and ourselves, vanish into the abyss of death.”

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Book:The Wisdom of Insecurity

Source: The Wisdom of Insecurity

“Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.”

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Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz

“Call no man happy till he is dead.”

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Author:Aeschylus

“The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)

“Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife. The first question was, 'Did you bring joy?' The second was, 'Did you find joy?”

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Author:Leo Buscaglia

“You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live”

Source: For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

“Only happy people have nightmares, from overeating. For those who live a nightmare reality, sleep is a black hole, lost in time, like death.”

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Book:The Forgotten Soldier

Source: The Forgotten Soldier

“Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl”

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Author:Rumi