We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

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.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

If solid happiness we prize,
Within our breast this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam;
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If solid happiness we prize,
Within our breast this jewel lies,
And they are fools who roam;
The world has nothing to bestow,
From our own selves our bliss must flow,
And that dear hut,--our home.

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.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its
counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its
counterfeit.

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and read more

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.