Never let your fears be the boundaries of your dreams._x000D_ _x000D_ Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Interpretation
Happiness is about the journey and goals we pursue, not a specific destination.
This quote emphasizes that happiness is found in the process of striving towards our dreams rather than reaching a particular endpoint. It invites us to view happiness as an ongoing journey defined by our aspirations and the paths we choose, rather than a fixed state that we achieve once we reach a certain point in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing goals.
A person is either himself or not himself; is either rooted in his existence or is a fabrication; has either found his humanhood or is still playing with masks and roles and status symbols. And nobody is more aware of this difference (although unconsciously) than a child. Only an authentic person can evoke a good response in the core of the other person; only person is resonant to person.
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.
At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teachβit is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.
Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing,_x000D_ _x000D_ Beloved from pole to pole.
There is nothing quite so satisfying, and so healing, as a good cry.
My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.
Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.
Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby
If you are happy, you are happy; nobody asks you why you are happy. Yes, if you are miserable, a question is relevant. If you are miserable, somebody can ask why you are miserable, and the question is relevant - because misery is against nature, something wrong is happening. When you are happy, nobody asks you why you are happy, except for a few neurotics. There are such people; I cannot deny the possibility.
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