"If happiness is the only prize we seek……" — Robert White
"If happiness is the only prize we seek in life, then we will be guaranteed to spend a good part of our lives deep in disappointment, focused on a very small prize indeed."
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16 Quotes by Robert White
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Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to the human condition. It will…
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In our ludicrous efforts to 'change' and be perfect, we try to fashion a perfect world for ourselves. We start…
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Our culture tends to label everybody and everything either a success or a failure, a winner or a loser. I…
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My invitation to you is to begin living every moment as though you are miraculous and deserve to live an…
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Human beings have an infinite capacity for two things: giving and love. Do you think Mother Teresa ever ran out…
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If there are no miracles then we need to find another word for the existence of life the existence of…
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It may come as a severe shock if you havent given much thought to this subject beforebut our precious, cast-in-stone,…
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These days, awareness and three dollars will get you a cappuccino no more. As vital as awareness is to the…
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Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from millions of mistakes. No mistakes,…
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Look around you. The trees, flowers, birds, every animal and insect; every living thing. Its miraculous. And it is all…
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