happiness

"I am convinced that those societies which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under the European governments."

"Each night the Amir visits a particular wife, or mahal, and receives a very warm welcome from her and from the slaves , who dressed specially for the occasion… If it is the hot weather, they… rub his …"

"Happiness is to have a little string onto which things will attach themselves."

"There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation, and that remains our policy, our firm policy."

"The reward of joy is joy itself; not for its own sake; but for the sake of others."

"I believe the principle fault of the majority of writers and artists is having neither the will nor the courage to break with their successes, failing to seek new paths and give birth to new ideas. Mo…"

"If the entire soul, then, follows without rebellion the part which loves wisdom, the result is that in general each part can carry out its own function—can be just, in other words—and in particular ea…"

"placid and contented, unaggressive and noninitiatory, noncompetitive and responsive, warm, docile, and trusting."

"From the great moments of their lives, many remember that the experiences of sharing love are much more honest and convincing than anything one could do for oneself. The joyful rush of living the high…"

"You’re the secret to change your life, you’re the key to your own happiness. It's not the happy people who are thankful, it’s the thankful people who are happy."

"The key to self-generated happiness is the refusal to take oneself too seriously."

"I'm a very outgoing person. I'm always happy, I'm one of those people who are always smiling. If somebody described me to somebody else, they'd say the kid with the curly hair with the big smile on hi…"

"—to enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others; ..."

"Do not be afraid to say 'yes' to Jesus, to find your joy in doing his will, giving yourself completely to the pursuit of holiness, and using all your talents in the service of others!"

"I most enjoy helping to build something up, taking an unformulated enterprise and making it into what it could become."

"Can a reflecting mind turn for a moment to any quarter without shrinking at the scenes of carnage and suffering which constitute not only the minor streams, but the grand tide of life: though mingled …"

"I want to see America set the example to the world both in our domestic and foreign relations of magnanimity."

"Their teeth white, as if they never used teeth for anything except to smile."

"From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life's bur…"

"For me the most important thing was always that you have something in mind that you want to do, that you enjoy doing, because a lot of people have a job, but they're not happy. I think you have to thi…"