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Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other read more
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
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.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown.
The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown.
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more
One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo -Diogenes Laertius.
The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. read more
The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. Chalmers.
Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, read more
Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are