This book is not the memoir of a contented man. It's not the poignant reflections of a white-haired guru who has finally figured out the secret to contentment. It's more like sweaty, bloody, hastily scribbled notes from a battlefield. I'm still struggling to escape the sinister fingers on this conspiracy. I'm still waging war against the discontentment that rages in my life. I can see contentment in the distance, like a hazy oasis, but I have to pick my way through a minefield to get there. I'm not the contented man God wants me to be, but I'm fighting to get there. I'm writing this book the hope that you'll join me in the fight. Stephen Altrogge
We're all golden sunflowers inside.
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Allen Ginsberg
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide...
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Lev Grossman
In a person's lifetime there may be not more than half a dozen occasions that he can look back to in the certain knowledge that right then, at that moment, there was room for nothing but happiness in his heart.
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Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.
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Charles M. Schulz
More Quotes By Stephen Altrogge
When someone says "just saying" what they really mean is, "You would be a colossal idiot to not take my advice." (on Facebook)
We always have reason to rejoice and never have reason to complain.
This book is not the memoir of a contented man. It's not the poignant reflections of a white-haired guru who has finally figured out the secret to contentment. It's more like sweaty, bloody, hastily scribbled notes from a battlefield. I'm still struggling to escape the...
