{"quotes":[{"text":"Never stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done!","author":"Avijeet Das","tags":["dreams","inspirational","inspirational-life","inspirational-living","inspirational","inspiring","inspiring-thoughts","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life-and-sayings","meaning-of-life","meaning-of-things","never-give-up","never-give-up","never-giving-up","never-quit","struggle-strength-character","struggles","writers-on-writing","writers"],"id":23256,"author_id":"Avijeet+Das"},{"text":"We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We drown in the thick sweetness of our sensual excess, and our shameless opulence, while our discontent souls suffocate in the arid wasteland of spiritual deprivation.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["buying","consumer-culture","consumerism","consumption","deprivation","desert","despair","emptiness","excess","happiness","happiness-fulfillment-desire","material-possessions","material-world","materialism","materialism-versus-spiritualism","materialistic","materialistic-society","meaning-of-life","meaning-of-things","meaninglessness","modern-life","modern-society","money-happiness","money-not-happiness","nausea","nihilism","nihilistic","opulence","poverty","pursuit-of-happiness","self-inflicted-pain","soul-searching","soulless","spending","spiritual-development","spiritual-growth","spiritual-life","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality","suffocate","wastefulness","wasteland","wealth","wealth-and-virtues","wealth-of-soul"],"id":31931,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"},{"text":"Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ...","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["banquets","experiences","fun","inspirational","life","life-lessons","meaning-of-life","meaning-of-things","meaningful","simple-joys","simple-pleasures","simple-things","simple-things-of-life","wisdom"],"id":35871,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"What is life for?' he asked rhetorically. 'It's a way to evolve thought. And what is thought for? It's a way to be aware, a stage between the physical and the spiritual. And time? It's a good way to keep things separated.","author":"Raymond E. Feist","tags":["life-philosophy","meaning-of-things","purpose-of-life"],"id":482370,"author_id":"Raymond+E.+Feist"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":4,"pages":1}}