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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.
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.
Happiness is not always measured in smiles.
Happiness is not always measured in smiles.
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 happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since read more
The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.
Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what read more
Happiness is not a matter of good fortune or worldly possessions. It's a mental attitude. It comes from appreciating what we have, instead of being miserable about what we don't have. It's so simple—yet so hard for the human mind to comprehend.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is read more
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.
Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.
