From Bertrand Russell: “It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.”
Tag Archives: happiness
Quote of the day 12/17/24
From Bertrand Russell: “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
Quote of the day 11/10/24
From Heraclitus: “To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.”
Quote of the day 10/25/24
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.”
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.”
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