“ The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. ”
Source: Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks
Categories: Life
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