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This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

-George Bernard Shaw

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This Is The True Joy Of Life-the

George Bernard Shaw

This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

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This is the true joy in life: being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. i am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as i live, it is my privilege to do for it what i can. it is a sort of splendid torch which i have got hold of for the moment and i want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

You know, hillary clinton's out there saying, we need smart diplomacy. we need to do smart power. and that means empathizing with our enemy, understanding their grievances, like we understand the grievances of homosexuals, like we understand the grievances of african-americans. we must learn to understand the grievances of isis.

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. being wise selfish means being compassionate.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

Every man has frequent grievances which only the solicitude of friendship will discover and remedy, and which would remain for ever unheeded in the mighty heap of human calamity, were it only surveyed by the eye of general benevolence equally attentive to every misery.

But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched up-bringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of your own, with some loathsome sexual perversion--nagged day in and day out by an inferiority complex that makes you snap at your best friends--do not despair. he knows all about it. you are one of the poor whom he blessed. he knows what a wretched machine you are trying to drive. keep on. do what you can. one day he will fling it on the scrap-heap and give you a new one. and then you may astonish us all - not least yourself.

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