being

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow.

Robert M. Pirsig • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

"There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way." - Thich Nhat Hahn

But being, being is happiness. Being: becoming a fountain, a fountain on which the universe falls like warm rain.

Milan Kundera

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