Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

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Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and...

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see...

We can't change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see...

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in...

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think...

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think...

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people...

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people...

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a...

I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want...

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

We need to work on the world so it will not be so oppressive.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am...

I will celebrate, but I know new goals and objectives will come and I am...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.