From Desiderius Erasmus: “At last concluded that no creature was more miserable than man, for that all other creatures are content with those bounds that nature set them, only man endeavors to exceed them.”
Tag Archives: happiness
Quote of the day 10/24/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will enjoy some of the ineffable share in the supreme good which draws everything into itself.”
Quote of the day 10/21/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
Quote of the day 10/15/24
From Immanuel Kant: “Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
Quote of the day 10/03/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.”
Quote of the day 07/16/24
From the Dalai Lama: “When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.’”
Quote of the day 07/14/24
From the Dalai Lama: “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Quote of the day 06/05/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “The stopping of suffering is disappearance of desire, the ending of ideas, the giving up of, letting go of, liberation from, and refusal to dwell in the object of desire.”
Quote of the day 06/04/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “We have an idea of happiness. We believe that only certain conditions will make us happy. But it is often our very idea of happiness that prevents us from being happy.”
Quote of the day 05/31/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “Don’t run away from things that are unpleasant in order to embrace things that are pleasant. Put your hands in the earth. Face the difficulties and grow new happiness.”
kevinwarstadt.com 