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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo -Diogenes Laertius.
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition read more
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the read more
It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.
Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other read more
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.