"We help other people because we can, or……" — Eric Weiner
"We help other people because we can, or because it makes us feel good, not because we're counting on some future payback. There is a word for this; love."
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30 Quotes by Eric Weiner
Eric Weiner has 30 quotes on this site.
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Perhaps it's true you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of…
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Happiness is not a noun or a verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue.
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Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.
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Where we are is vital to who we are,
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We can't love a place or a person if we always have one foot out the door.
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Reason cannot account for those moments in life that "bewilder the intellect yet utterly quiet the heart," as G.K. Chesterton…
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Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.
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Money matters but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are…
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Until the eighteenth century, people believed that biblical paradise, the Garden of Eden, was a real place. It appeared on…
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So the greatest source of happiness is other people- and what does money do? It isolates us from other people.…
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There's no one on the island telling them they're not good enough, so they just go ahead and sing and…
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[Happiness is] a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect…
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When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love…
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Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate…
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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round…
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The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on…
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For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to…
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My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government,…
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I'm not counting any chickens.
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Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this…
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Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate…
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I am in love with Counting Crows. It is so manly and American.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us…
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There are parents, siblings, teachers and friends, but counting on them to motivate you isn't fair. They've all got their…
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