#nature

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. ↗

— Rollo May

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There's a constantly applicable nature to soul music, whereas sometimes pop music can be a periodical. ↗

— John Mayer

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Hope had finally learned to live in the present. Often, when she found herself in a space of tremendous comfort, usually out in nature, or when her children were safe all around her and on the verge of going to bed, she forced herself to take stock. Here you are, Hope, she told herself. What a beautiful moment. You may never again be here at this spot, enjoying the calm. This habit of hers, to acknowledge the immediate and elusive joy of the present, kept her sane. ↗

— David Bergen

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Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work. ↗

— Thom Mayne

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Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? ↗

— Herman Melville

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