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“Sometimes we believe that happiness is not possible in the here and now, that we need a few more conditions to be happy. So we run toward the future to get the conditions we think are missing. But by doing so we sacrifice the present moment; we sacrifice true life.”

Thinking Needs Believe Sometimes Moments Motivational Running Sacrifice Conditions Missing Present Moment Here And Now True Life

Author:Nhat Hanh

“I believe the moment of birth Is when we have knowledge of death I believe the season of birth Is the season of sacrifice.”

Believe Moments I Believe Sacrifice Birth Seasons

Book:The Family Reunion

Source: The Family Reunion

“In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue. It is the practice of sacrificing to those whom we meet in society, all the little inconveniences and preferences which will gratify them, and deprive us of nothing worth a moment's consideration; it is the giving a pleasing and flattering turn to our expressions, which will conciliate others, and make them pleased with us as well as themselves. How cheap a price for the good will of another!”

“We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.”

Long Matter Moments Sacrifice Objects Present Moment Remorse Impatience Intervals

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“I have often felt as though I had inherited all the defiance and all the passions with which our ancestors defended their Temple and could gladly sacrifice my life for one great moment in history. And at the same time I always felt so helpless and incapable of expressing these ardent passions even by a word or a poem.”

Moments Passion Felt Sacrifice Temples Ancestor Helpless Incapable Defiance Ardent Great Moments

Book:Letters of Sigmund Freud

Source: Letters of Sigmund Freud