We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Happiness happens when you fit with your life, when you fit so harmoniously that whatsoever you are doing is your joy. Then suddenly you will come to know: meditation follows you. If you love the work that you are doing, if you love the way you are living, then you are meditative.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True happiness comes from living in harmony with your life and finding joy in your actions.
This quote emphasizes the idea that happiness is achieved when one's life aligns perfectly with their activities and passions. When you engage in work and a lifestyle that you truly love, it leads to a meditative state of contentment and joy, as every moment becomes enjoyable and fulfilling.
Themes
HappinessJoyMeditationLoveLifeHarmony
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about finding one's passion.
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