We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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My whole effort is how to beautify this present moment, how to make people more celebrating, how to make people more joyous, how to give them a little glimpse of blissfulness, how to bring laughter to their life. Then the future takes care of itself. You need not think of the tomorrow, it comes. It comes out of this moment. Let this moment be of great celebration.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Focus on enjoying and enhancing the present moment rather than worrying about the future.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living in the present and finding joy in each moment. By celebrating the now, we create a positive atmosphere that leads to a brighter future without the need to constantly worry about what lies ahead. It's a reminder that happiness can be cultivated through our actions in the present, leading to an organically better future.
Themes
PresentJoyCelebrationHappinessBlissfulness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used as a motivational reminder during a team-building retreat.
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