Quote by Thor Heyerdahl
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the mira

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Peace
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I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesnt occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea. – Thor Heyerdahl

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strength
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I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I dont believe it exists. Ive felt this again and again, when alone and out in nature. On such occasions, time does not exist. Nor does the future exist. – Thor Heyerdahl

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alone
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. – Ovid

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Happiness

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches. – Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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Happiness

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism. – Bryant McGill

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Happiness

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. – Leo Buscaglia

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Happiness

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To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect. – Honore de Balzac

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The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. – Albert Einstein

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power

When a blind man bears the standard, pity those who follow. – Proverb

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Leadership

All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. – Edgar Allen Poe

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Religion