Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you j…

Eckhart Tolle
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Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within. ✨ Eckhart Tolle (2010). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, p.187, New World Library
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