Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
Jules RenardRead
When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.
Interpretation
Reading offers endless opportunities for joy and fulfillment.
This quote by Jules Renard expresses the sentiment that the vast number of unread books represents a wealth of potential happiness and knowledge waiting to be discovered. It suggests that the journey of exploration through literature continues and that each new book can bring joy, insights, and experiences that enhance our lives.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of literacy, one might quote this to inspire a love for reading.
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none
I have no religion,β says Borneau, βbut I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.β Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?
If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.
Happiness is the death of the ego. If you want to remain a separate entity from existence as almost everybody is trying to do, you will be afraid of being blissful, cheerful. You will feel guilty in being blissful. You will feel suicidal because you are committing suicide on the psychological level, on the level of the ego.
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.
I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
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