Eric Weiner Quotes
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Money matters but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude.
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Genius is not only a what or a who, it is a where. It is grounded in a place every single time.
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For me, a place unvisited is like an unrequited love. A dull ache that- try as you might to think it away, to convince yourself that she really wasn't the right country for you- just won't leave you in peace.
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Believing in everything looks a lot like believing in nothing.
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A mystery is not a puzzle waiting to be solved, but rather something for which there is no human solution. Mystery's offspring is not frustration but awe, and that sense of awe grows in tandem with knowledge.
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Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.
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It's not what we believe that makes us happy but the act of believing. In anything.
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I've always believed that happiness is just around the corner. The trick is fining the right corner.