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“Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.”

Thinking Men Want Moments Happiness Lying Fall Plans Ideals Simplicity Pursuit Contentment

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The measure of woman's distaste for any part of her life lies not in the loudness of her lamentations (these are only an attempt to buy a martyr's crown at a reduced price) but in her persistent pursuit of that occupation of which she never ceases to complain.”

Lying Complaining Pursuit Cease Occupation Crowns Persistent Martyr Distaste Lamentation

Author:Quentin Crisp

“Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture of appetite and altruism, as that group of avocations known as outdoor recreation. It is, by common consent, a good thing for people to get back to nature. But wherein lies the goodness, and what can be done to encourage its pursuit?”

Source: A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There

“The ugliness of the ideological lies in its legitimating the pursuit of the trivial.”

Lying Pursuit Ugliness Ideological

Author:John Carroll