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A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. ~ John Lubbock

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. ~Jane Austen

Rose Bushes

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. -Abraham Lincoln

“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” ~Alice Walker

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do notContinue reading “Beautiful People”

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut (2009). “Mother Night: A Novel”, p.5, Dial Press

William Blake Poem

“To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake ‘Auguries of Innocence’ (c. 1803)

Benign Indifference To The Universe ~ Albert Camus

For the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference to the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed so brotherly, made me realize that I’d been happy, and that I was happy still. ~ Albert Camus

Rules For Happiness ~ Immanuel Kant

“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B: April 22, 1724 – D: February 12, 1804

“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” ~ Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant, Philosopher – B. April 22, 1724 – D. February 12, 1804

The Secret To Happiness ~ Bertrand Russell

“The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.” ~ Bertrand Russell

Aeschylus Quote: Happiness

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. -Aeschylus 525 BC – 456 BC Ancient Greek Dramatist

Quote: Chaim Potok – Tea And Happiness

The Four Conditions of Happiness ~ Albert Camus

“The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being, Freedom from ambition, Creation” ~Albert Camus

Look Well To This Day

Life Is Like A Piano…

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Happiness ~ Albert Einstein

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Jonathan Safran Foer Quote On Happiness

Wordables

When asked how they managed to stay together for 65 years, the woman replied, We were born in a time where if something was broke, you fixed it – not throw it away

Source: When asked how they managed to stay together for 65 years, the woman replied, We were born in a time where if something was broke, you fixed it – not throw it away

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne http://www.bquot.es/s/2163

“A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.” – Cicero http://www.bquot.es/s/799

Happiness – Leo Tolstoy

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Chinese Proverb

“No road to happiness or sorrow… Find them in yourself.” – Chinese Proverb

Albert Camus On Happiness

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Happiness – Mohandas Gandhi

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mohandas Gandhi http://www.bquot.es/s/319

A Quote From One Of My Favorite Blues Singer And Guitarist

I’ve never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that’s why I go on doing it – I like to see everybody smile. – Buddy Guy

Bertrand Russell

“Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.” – Bertrand Russell http://www.bquot.es/s/3109

Happiness

Happiness is the morning’s first cup of coffee. -Don @ A Pondering Mind

Tuesday Morning Quote

Zen Saying

“Happiness is a simple thing: you are happy when you are not trying to be happy. ” – Zen saying

Tuesday Afternoon Quote

“Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.” – Victor Hugo http://www.bquot.es/s/1642

Sunday Afternoon Quote

Fab Quote

Key To Happiness

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Kindness

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” – Dalai Lama http://www.bquot.es/s/90

Quote

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness. -Lao Tzu

Happiness ~ George Orwell

Happiness

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. Socrates

Quote

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. “ –Marcus Aurelius

Freedom

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free. Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama July 6, 1935

Whoever is happy ….

Whoever is happy will make others happy too. — Anne Frank

Happiness

Happiness and freedom… – Epictetus

Independence – Susan B. Anthony

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering,… – Woody Allen

“Happiness mainly comes from…” ~ Dalai Lama

Wonderful Black & White Photos

Some wonderful black & white photos that I found on the net, some of children and adults. Seen on: Daily Picdump / unknown photographers

Happiness Made Simple

Happiness Is Having A Large… George Burns

People Are Here For The Sake… – Albert Einstein

People are here for the sake of other people–for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. -Albert Einstein