happiness

"They say productivity is the key to confidence, and confidence … to productivity. And they’re happy walking back and forth between these two rooms, each the excuse for the other."

"Live. Breathe. It is not fear that we need to live by, but joy, hope. Inside you, in your ocean, maybe it seems barren; maybe it feels as if there is no hope, no kindness, no reason for happiness. But…"

"he support which Kim Jong-un enjoys is not a mere matter of coercion."

"Don't look for mysteries. I give you pure joy."

"Immemorial enjoyment is the most solid of all titles."

"The entertainment industry makes this easier by elevating the person to the level of the commodity. He surrenders to its manipulations while enjoying his alienation from himself and others. The enthro…"

"'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more."

"I would not say that they were happy. They knew what was going to happen to them. Of course, they were told what was going to happen to them, and they were resigned to their fate, and that is the stra…"

"The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach."

"Drugs provide pleasure; they cannot provide happiness. For happiness, you need people."

"In this fool's paradise he drank delight."

"he value of relieving suffering is prior to the value of providing additional happiness to the well-off."

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more"

"I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return."

"I’ve been vegan since 1988, and over that time, my relationship with cooking has ebbed and flowed. I am very happy to eat very simply; I love to be able to taste the incredible produce I find. I enjoy…"

"The Sadr-Sistani Relationship"

"It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it."

"Rural poetry is the pleasure ground of those who live in cities."

"Council on Foreign Relations: Biographical information"

"Perseus Project Thucydides, Table of Contents"