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Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once read more
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and read more
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
