Happiness Quotes - Page 161

Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Mankind is interdependent, and the happiness of each depends upon the happiness of all, and it is this lesson that humanity has to learn today as the first and the last lesson.

Getting paperwork under control makes me feel more in control of my life generally.

It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.

It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.

It would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility

I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask?

Everyday happiness means getting up in the morning, and you can't wait to finish your breakfast. You can't wait to do your exercises. You can't wait to put on your clothes. You can't wait to get out. And you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

When you have great joy, you will become Buddhas!

One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.

Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.

The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative.

I learned that real happiness doesn’t come from getting but from giving.

I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.

There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.

Happiness is the feeling that power increases - that resistance is being overcome.

The hour when you say, "What does my happiness matter? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency. Yet my happiness should justify existence itself!

Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!

Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance.

If you are not as happy as you used to be, chances are you are not meditating properly. You may be trying to skip steps. You are using power incorrectly. Your motives are not pure. You don't vibrate quickly.

Happiness only comes when you let go of who you think you are. If you think you're wealthy and powerful and noble and truthful or horrible and demonic, whatever it may be, it's all a waste of time. Take it from the Zen Master. He knows.

The minute you use the drugs, and you do something that interferes with the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of the guy next door, you're a criminal, and you ought to be punished for that especially if you're in a position where your actions could affect large numbers of people. Being a doctor, a legislator, a judge, an airline pilot, where somebody's life depends on you.

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.