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The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Nov 06, 2017 12:08PM

Shveta’s Quotes

“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”
― Henry David Thoreau

tags: industriousness, inspirational, purpose

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“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
― Henry David Thoreau

tags: simplicity

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“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

tags: anger, buddhism, freedom, happiness, peace

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“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

tags: cost, life, price, time, value

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