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It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is read more
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes read more
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!
Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other read more
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
Happiness is not always measured in smiles.
Happiness is not always measured in smiles.
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.
Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.