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Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside,

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

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One mustnt ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. – Gustave Flaubert

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No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls. – Horatio Alger

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Worldly wealth is the Devils bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. – Robert Burton

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