But there's the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The way of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find happiness, a man need only live in the moment; he need only live for the moment.… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
If he wants meaning-the meaning of his dreams, his secrets, his life-a man must reinhabit his past, however dark, and live for the future, however uncertain. — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
“Satisfying a savage instinct is incomparably more pleasurable than satisfying a civilized one.” — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
THERE IS NO mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
What i literally cannot describe is the hollowness in my lungs when i am out of her presence. It is as if i were… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
“There is no mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride,… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
“I know he is--sensitive--on some points, Detective, but you must bear in mind how hard it is for an honest man to do his… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
“I am the deepest of unbelievers. Every neurosis is a religion to its owner and religions is the universal neurosis of mankind. This is… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
“Wrong way to think about it. Don't try to figure it out all at once.” — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
“For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear.” — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
There is a condition into which many young women fall. They attach themselves to violent men. They forgive any mistreatment. They think it love;… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
But there's the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The way of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share Image
