#pursuit

We are on strike, we, the men of the mind. We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one's happiness is evil. We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#intellect #life #pursuit-of-happiness #rewards #work

I used to float along in all of this, like a leaf on a coursing stream, but i am heavier now, less easily moved, more resolute and steadfast. I am no longer in pursuit of happiness. As I stand here at my front door, key in hand, I think it is just possible that happiness, at least for now, today, this hour, may be in pursuit of me. ↗

— Anne Giardini

#life #pursuit #life

Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole. ↗

— Aristophanes

#love #love is #name #pursuit #simply

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#into #look #minds #must #people

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions. ↗

— David Antin

#fundamental questions #i #pursuit #questions #sure

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#even #free #never #pursuit #set

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#eagerness #exist #great #honor #pleasure

Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee. ↗

— Edward Everett

#general #had #lee #lost #moment

The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#agricultural #apart #attention #civilization #condition

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#generation #happiness #human #human rights #inhabitants