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The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
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.
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy
well-being.
Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy
well-being.
What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour?
[Lat., Quid datur a divis felici read more
What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour?
[Lat., Quid datur a divis felici optatius hora?]
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as read more
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours read more
It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time --but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
