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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 consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant read more
Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.
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?]
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, read more
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was read more
'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender, and sallow and dry;
His form was bent, and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was white as snow,
But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye.
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
"Let us be happy down here below:
The living should live, though the dead be dead."
Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.
