Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams._x000D_ _x000D_ Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Interpretation
Happiness is about the journey and goals we pursue, not a specific destination.
This quote emphasizes that happiness is found in the process of striving towards our dreams rather than reaching a particular endpoint. It invites us to view happiness as an ongoing journey defined by our aspirations and the paths we choose, rather than a fixed state that we achieve once we reach a certain point in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing goals.
A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.
At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teachβit is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
Perspective is the cure for depression.
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