We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. -Abraham Lincoln
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“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself.” ~Alice Walker
Beautiful People
“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”
A man who as a physical being …..
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. ~Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible. -Bertrand Russell
Money has never made man happy ….
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. ~Benjamin Franklin
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
“The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.” ~ Jack Kerouac*
*”Lonesome Traveler”
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)
Albert Camus Quote
Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. ~ Bertrand Russell
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
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Writer / 1749 – 1832
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
Happiness Can Be Found
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
Happiness
“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
Anonymous
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
I Believe All Suffering is Caused by Ignorance – Dalai Lama
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Happiness… – Aristotle
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