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It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
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.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, read more
If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like
The message from the hedge-leaves,
Heed it, whoso thou art;
Under lowly eaves
Lives read more
The message from the hedge-leaves,
Heed it, whoso thou art;
Under lowly eaves
Lives the happy heart.
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of read more
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
He is rich who owes nothing.
He is rich who owes nothing.
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's read more
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
