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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
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Oscar Wilde
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Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds. The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want. The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have. Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.