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Happiness is ... All real and wholesome enjoyments possible to man have been just as possible to him since first he was made of the earth as they are now; and they are possible to him chiefly in peace. To watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade, to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray - these are the things that make men happy. Ruskin We never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy, it is inevitable that we never become so. Pascal It is an illusion to think that more comfort means more happiness. Happiness comes from being able to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. Storm Jameson Happiness cannot be pursued. The more we aim at happiness, the more we miss our aim. Victor Frankl Happiness is good health and a bad memory. Ingrid Bergman Dissatisfaction with your condition is often due to the false idea we have of the happiness of others. Churchman It were happy if we studied Nature more and acted according to Nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable. William Penn Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. Ella Wheeler Wilcox The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. George Bernard Shaw Happiness is merely the remission of pain. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. Robert Louis Stevenson Most folks' perception of peace and happiness is tainted by money. There is no greater sorrow than to recall a time of happiness when in misery. Dante The time to be happy is now; the place to be happy is here. Robert G. Ingersoll A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one. Kin Hubbard Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Runbeck The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime. Happy is he who has been able to learn the causes of things. Virgil Happiness overcomes despair for minute moments ... so you better enjoy them. Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns The happy man is held in contempt. Ron Sitton Copyright İRonald W. Sitton, 2009. Revised 022606 - http://southerner.net/sitron/wis/whapp.html |