From Desiderius Erasmus: “The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
Tag Archives: happiness
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.”
Quote of the day 05/28/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “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.”
Quote of the day 05/24/24
From Soren Kierkegaard: “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.”
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