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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.
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
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.
He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has read more
He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace.
He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and
help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more
happiness than one man can bear.
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you read more
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.
Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life
Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
