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1 " Let people be the pursuits of happiness, you be the pursuit of perfection. "
― Amit Kalantri
2 " I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led. "
― Thomas Jefferson
3 " There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth." Vashet smiled lazily. " And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me." She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. " Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, [...} "
4 " The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectibility is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. "
― Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
5 " She had said he had been driven away from her by a dream,--and there was no answer one could make her--there seemed to be no forgiveness for such a transgression.And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of truth, after all? "
― Joseph Conrad , Lord Jim
6 " And yet is not mankind itself, pushing on its blind way, driven by a dream of its greatness and its power upon the dark paths of excessive cruelty and of excessive devotion. And what is the pursuit of truth, after all? "
7 " Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake. "
― Christopher Hitchens , God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
8 " In the pursuit of wholeness, there will surely be challenges but you need to keep going. "
9 " You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. "
― Voltaire
10 " In the pursuit of dreams, we all have different beginnings. Your past is not negotiable. You must let go of the hope for a better past. "
― Dragos Bratasanu
11 " The only thing that belongs to us is our LIFE. Yet, we waste it in the pursuit of meaningless things that will never belong to us. "
12 " Success and the pursuit of it can nourish your body, but only significance has the ability to nourish your mind, body and spirit. "
― Mensah Oteh , The Best Chance: A Guide to discovering your Purpose, reaching your Potential, experiencing Fulfilment and achieving Success in any area of life.
13 " Significance is about making a difference, and its pursuit should ideally come before the pursuit of success – or at least at the same time. "
― Mensah Oteh , Wisdom Keys In Words: A collection of the Inspirational words that will change your life
14 " I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of my culture to seek happiness. Not just any kind of happiness, either, but profound happiness, even soaring happiness. And what could possibly bring a person more soaring happiness than romantic love. "
― Elizabeth Gilbert , Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
15 " If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centred. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life... There are times when it will go so wrong that you will be barely alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms. "
― Jeanette Winterson , Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
16 " Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness... but only when you pay your taxes? That means your freedom is rented, leased, & not unalienable. "
― Steve Maraboli
17 " The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself. "
― Benjamin Franklin
18 " Our country in general assumes that " the pursuit of happiness" really means " the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good. "
19 " The right to the pursuit of happiness, originally envisaged as a restraint on state power, has imperceptibly morphed into the right to happiness – as if human beings have a natural right to be happy, and anything which makes us dissatisfied is a violation of our basic human rights, so the state should do something about it. "
20 " Pursuit of contentment is not the pursuit of an elusive tomorrow; it is the celebration of today. In that, it is the pursuit to end all pursuits. "
― Majid Kazmi , The First Dancer: How to be the first among equals and attract unlimited opportunities
