Quote by Holbrook Jackson
Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack i

Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it. – Holbrook Jackson

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A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with “a sort of greedy enjoyment,” as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was “saturated with the bouquet of silence.” – Holbrook Jackson

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We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this. – Holbrook Jackson

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I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness. – Nicki Minaj

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Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thin ice that cracks and so may no one touch you who loves you. – Eugenio Montale

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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. – William Cowper

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

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Technology is like water it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use – not only text or media but processing power too – will be located remotely. – Marc Andreessen

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[R]eligion cannot be given or bought, but must grow as trees grow, needing frost and snow, rain and wind to strengthen it before it is deep-rooted in the soul. – Louisa May Alcott, “Through the Mist,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873

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People are smarter than you might think. – John Astin

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