“People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly.”
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“Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.”
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“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”
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“To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi
“Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.”
― Living a Life That Matters : Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success
― Living a Life That Matters : Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success
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