#pursuit

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#being #committed #enriching #focus #genuine

To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#common #diets #guess #homer #i

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#beauty #certainly #interesting #makes #precisely

Just as invasion is the true and tried weapon in the hands of capital against the class struggle, so on the other hand the fearless pursuit of the class struggle has always proven the most effective preventative of foreign invasions. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#always #capital #class #class struggle #effective

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#part #pursuit #seduction #sexuality #sizzle

Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view. ↗

— Max Planck

#any #been #discovery #gone #knowledge

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#calm #even #ought #pursuit #things

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#among #certain #created #creator #endowed

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#appreciation #best #better #especially #ever

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#always #chance #condition #conscience #depend