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Happiness lies in our own backyard, but it's probably well hidden by crabgrass.
Happiness lies in our own backyard, but it's probably well hidden by crabgrass.
I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was read more
I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Mary Baker Eddy -Ursula K. LeGuin.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, read more
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think read more
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.
Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn read more
Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."
Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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?]