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Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.
Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.
Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our read more
To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all read more
What can be happier than for a man, conscious of virtuous acts,
and content with liberty, to despise all human affairs?
[Lat., Quid enim est melius quam memoria recte factorum, et
libertate contentum negligere humana?]
He is rich who owes nothing.
He is rich who owes nothing.
It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into read more
It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room ahs been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on. . -Sharon Salzberg.
Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.
Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's read more
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
