happiness

"And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace."

"Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven."

"So ambitious men, if they find the way open for their rising, and still get forward, they are rather busy than dangerous; but if they be checked in their desires, they become secretly discontent, and …"

"As the eagle cannot soar upon a single wing, so the ministry is unprofitable and joyless which stints devotion."

"Sexy for me is a curvy woman — doesn't have to be skinny, which I hate anyway. I'm glad is changing slowly a little bit now to get more into the boobs and hips again."

"The person I enjoyed interviewing the most was Elmo from Sesame Street because he is so unpredictable and he is always eating my hair and my face."

"It is not clear why other EU member states would give Britain a better deal than they themselves enjoy."

"His renown has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

"Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturall…"

"People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves."

"Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it."

"Where the world comes in my way — and it comes in my way everywhere — I consume it to quiet the hunger of my egoism. For me you are nothing but — my food, even as I too am fed upon and turned to use b…"

"The one for whom the day of ‘Āshūrā is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him."

"I'm glad it was me instead of you"

"Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things."

"A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction. He does not really seek happiness, rather he seeks for a condition which matches his personal idea regar…"

"Surprised by joy—impatient as the Wind."

"Its king is the master of Eridug -- your provider is exultant. Nudimmud, the master ofg -- your provider is exultant. King of the four quarters, you who make Enlil content, Ur-Namma, provider of Nibru…"

"I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say — it leaves me something to do."