Gordon Livingston Quotes
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| Born | December 17, 1953 |
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“Money cannot buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.”
“Only bad things happen quickly. Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life’s primary virtues.”
“To be happy is to take the risk of losing that happiness.”
“We need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.”
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“Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.”
“Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.”
“If the map doesn't agree with the ground the map is wrong.”
“It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.”
“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”
“Life consists of an effort to get the maps in our heads to conform to the ground on which we walk.”
“Life's two most important questions are 'Why?' and 'Why not?' The trick is knowing which one to ask.”
“Most of the heartbreak that life contains is a result of ignoring the reality that past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.”
“Our common future will be determined by the struggle between the killers and the peacemakers.”
“Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.”
“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
“The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.”
“This is the map we wish to construct in our heads: a reliable guide that allows us to avoid those who are not worthy of our time and trust and to embrace those who are. The best indications that our always-tentative maps are faulty include feelings of sadness, anger, betrayal, surprise, and disorientation.”
“We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger.”
“We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.”
“We are responsible for most of what happens to us.”
