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Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.
Being happy doesn't always make us grateful, but being grateful will always make us happy.
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was read more
I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Mary Baker Eddy -Ursula K. LeGuin.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but read more
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
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.
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.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, read more
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others,
And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.