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Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest read more
Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness
of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and
legislation.
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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.
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 not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.
Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and read more
Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.
