Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
— For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
— Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
— It is okay to ask what you can give to yourself. In fact, it’s very okay. Personal ambition, personal happiness, and personal spiritual development stoke the fires of desire, of yearning, and of achievement. They are the cornerstones of evolution.
— If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things.
— Most people are searching for happiness outside of themselves. That’s a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way that you think.
— Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
— Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
— Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object.
— Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.
— Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
— But pain… seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?
— A child can teach an adult three things:
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To be happy for no reason,
To always be busy with something,
To know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.Joy is not a sin. Sacrifice is not a virtue
— Outer order contributes to inner calm.
— How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.
— Problems and sufferings arise because of an undisciplined state of mind. Therefore, our own hppiness is in fact in our own hands
— Living is Not a Race; it is a Journey, Something to be Enjoyed Each Day.
— I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.
— People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
— The altruistic attitude is the root of happiness within the human community.
— Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
— No one finds life worth living; he must make it worth living.
— The path of joy involves valuing yourself and monitoring where you put your time.
— Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
— When you practice contentment you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes I already have everything that I really need’.
— I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
— If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
— One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.
— Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think.
— It is the Buddhist’s view that one’s own pleasure and pain are achieved by oneself and not generated from the outside.
— Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.
— The way to experience happiness is to identify its causes and cultivate them, and to identify the causes of suffering and eliminate them.
— May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful And don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
— If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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