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> [Perhaps the most reliable route to meaning and joy, to plunging below the surface and seeking more than the superficiality of material ambition, is connection with people, places, ideas and issues. Of these, the most important are people and relationships.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-short/perhaps-the-most-reliable-route-to-meaning-and-joy-to-plunging-below/)

Michael Short

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## More by Michael Short

> [Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-short/some-things-transcend-politics-and-policy-and-the-lust-for-power/)

Michael Short

> [Perhaps the most reliable route to meaning and joy, to plunging below the surface and seeking more than the superficiality of material ambition, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-short/perhaps-the-most-reliable-route-to-meaning-and-joy-to-plunging-below/)

Michael Short

> [When was the last time you heard an insightful, inspiring piece of oratory from an Australian political leader, an appeal to what is pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-short/when-was-the-last-time-you-heard-an-insightful-inspiring-piece-of/)

Michael Short

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