happiness

"::brief is the pain, unending is the joy."

"I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgemental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people."

"In our own inner selves, we find operating the same trio—ignorance, indifference, and carelessness. We are ignorant of our own latent capacities, of the degree of our likeness to God, of the possibili…"

"Everywhere men have unlocked the prisoners within, and from under the disguising skins the apes have leapt joyfully out."

"It was one of Lord Salisbury's paradoxes that only uncontentious legislation should be brought before Parliament: if it were contentious, then public opinion was not ripe for it."

"Ah, Psyche," I said, "have I made you so little happy as that?"

"Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It’s patriotic to overconsume."

"...the joy of winning the World Cup cannot be compared with any amount of money"

"For Polletti, experience had brought only the bitter residue of pleasure which is the true essence of disenchantment. Certain delights which in his youth had seemed unique and unobtainable had turned …"

"We have a two-tier class system when it comes to personality style. To devalue introversion is a waste of talent, energy and happiness."

"Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think."

"If the question of the distribution of wealth were solved for all society and all lived in average comfort and without urgent anxiety, the question would still be how many would be at peace with their…"

"Your doctrines are remarkable! As if I existed only to fulfill your cravings! Then, since I do not care to do so, the cosmos must be considered insane."

"A root definition describing a notional system chosen for its relevance to what the investigator and/or people in the problem situation perceive as matters of contention."

"The expression of joy also makes the ego more resilient, less fearful, less resentful of diverse conditions when they occur. The emotion itself is an automatic signal that unites the conscious and sub…"

"Thank goodness there were people who were happy with nothing, thought Julia, so that people like her , could have more."

"The joy, the tension, the exhilaration and the happiness those Sundays brought into our lives served as a cushion, I am sure, for the sterner life which was ahead for all of us."

"Can you imagine a world without men? No crime, and lots of happy, fat women."

"The world was my home and I was glad to be in it."

"Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind."