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.
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Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.
Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are read more
Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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.
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?]
If solid happiness we prize,
Within our breast this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam;
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If solid happiness we prize,
Within our breast this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam;
The world has nothing to bestow,
From our own selves our bliss must flow,
And that dear hut,--our home.
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity read more
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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.
