"Happiness is such a fleeting point of..." - Quote by Indira Gandhi
Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness.
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“Just when you think you've achieved something, you realize you've achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same - toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.”
“I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.”
“I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.”
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“Create a life you can't wait to live.”
“Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question addressed is how the two fundamental principles-external matter and internal mind or consciousness-although distinct, affect one another. External causes and conditions are responsible for certain of our experiences of happiness and suffering. Yet we find that it is principally our own feelings, our thoughts and our emotions, that really determine whether we are going to suffer or be happy.”
“Not only is your own happiness and welfare related to others, but the more you help them, the happier you will be.”
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“Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.--Marianne Dashwood”
“The passions often engender their contraries.”
“Happiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.”