Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds read more

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul. -Aristotle.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul. -Aristotle.

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?]

There comes
For ever something between us and what
We deem our happiness.

There comes
For ever something between us and what
We deem our happiness.

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.

Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or read more

Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.