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 kindling spark of love put out by scorn--or worse, indifference--cleaves to them, or they to it, and so they live each day within a shroud of yesterdays. The happy man does not look back. He doesn't… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share
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, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn - or worse, indifference - cleaves to them, or they to it, and so they live each day within a shroud of yesterdays. The happy man does… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share
“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 much beyond doubt: the characteristics we attribute to God reflect the fears and wishes we first feel as infants and as small children. Anyone who does not see that much cannot have understood the first thing… — Jed Rubenfeld Copy Share
“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
