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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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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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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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Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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Happiness is not a reward – it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment – it is a result. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a mans stature as to his happiness. – Laurence Sterne

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We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to peoples happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in peoples lives has been severed. – Park Geun-hye

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