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Joy and happiness

Photo by Ryan Moreno on Unsplash Joy seems to me a step beyond happiness. Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky. Joy is a light that fills you will hope and faith and love. Adela Rogers St. John
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Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue (Zeno)

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A nice legacy

Brightening people's lives, giving them some comfort and delivering with a light touch would be a nice legacy too, but I'm still the guy singing harmony, washing dishes with my mum. Neil Finn (answering the question about how he'd like to be remembered in Mojo magazine #367)
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London is a city of consumers, of people who are deeply civilised, but not primarily useful (George Orwell)

Photo by Anthony DELANOIX on Unsplash London is a city of consumers, of people who are deeply civilised, but not primarily useful. George Orwell (in an essay on Dickens. To be fair - G.O. was discussing why Dickens didn't write about agriculture)
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The virtue of a person is measured not by his outstanding efforts but by his everyday behaviour (Blaise Pascal)

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Dread naught

Nature is merciful, and does not try her children, man or beast, beyond their compass. It is only when the cruelty of man intervenes that hellish torments appear. For the rest - live dangerously; take things as they are; dread naught; all will be well. Winston Churchill
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All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best (Brené Brown)

All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgment and lets me focus on what is, and not what should or could be. Brené Brown
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