It will hurt.” said Petra. “But let’s make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

It’s true. The storms won’t last forever. The nasty weather will never last. There is always that light at the end of the tunnel.

Life is an endless journey. I travel just to unfold the beauty of my life.

The happiness of a family is such a complex matter. Like a table laid out with a tea service, it looks so ordinary until it’s threatened. Then it becomes infinitely precious.

As the philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote, “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the...

You may not always change your situation but you can always change your perception. For better or worse, it will change the situation.

Not the comfort, but the confrontation and hardship, is the teacher of a great life.

And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I’m pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? Or is it my sense...

It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love...

Even though men and women are different in our thinking, we all share the need and desire for compassion, compliments, and companionship.

I Am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.

Gratitude is one of the strongest pillars of a happy life.

A leader is he who has a great vision and can inspire others to go along to pursue it with all great passion.

A Moment Of Happiness: A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you and I. We feel the flowing water of life here, you and I,...

To live a happy life, you must make it your daily responsibility to frequently focus only on the things that make you mentally and physically stronger.

What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don’t need.

People are raised to believe that happiness is the land to which they are destined to travel. But that belief, which one so easily accepts as true, might just as well be a mirage.

Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you’re unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!

now that the recalcitrant forsythia has at last decided to come and blurt out springtime in petalled fountains of yellow. In spite of reams of papers to be written, life has snitched a cocaine sniff...

Have you noticed how children never bypass a puddle of water, but jump, splash, and slosh right through it? That’s because they know an important truth: Life was meant to be lived; puddles were meant...

To pursue happiness for its own sake is the surest way to lose it.

When we fail we pursue the success.When we succeed we party.

Never ask for permission to smile.

Please give it up. Fear it no less than the sensual passion, because it, too, may take up all your time and deprive you of your health, peace of mind and happiness in life.[Having himself...

Whatever you can dream and believe, you can achieve.

I don’t understand why when I wish for happiness it inevitably rains. However, I do tend to find myself grateful for sunlight once the storm ceases.

Love is merely a combination between infatuation and confusion.

I imagine, therefore I am.

By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.

One candle is like a smile. One little light can start a whole fire. Smile at someone today.

I guess money can’t buy happiness if you shop in the wrong places.

Happiness is one of the things that they can never take away from me, because it is tattooed on my mind with my frequent positive thoughts and beliefs. Please try not to let anyone take...

Knowledge is not the power; it is the potential power. Willing is not the action, but potential action.

The unknown is too vast to live in known unhappiness.

The search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only...

Be courageous, but humble,passionate, but simple,have beliefs, but be flexible.

Soul mate love transcends beyond the ethereal plane.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning—raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

It is difficult to exaggerate the adverse influence of the precepts and practices of religion upon the status and happiness of woman. Owing to the fact that upon women devolves the burden of motherhood, with...

Happiness envelopes the heart.

I don’t know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn’t make you happy.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

I want to be owned by you.

Then the musical instruments appeared. Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room. Everyone was jamming together, singing songs: Dad’s songs, Adam’s songs, old Clash songs,...

The world is a peaceful place.We make it hateful by forgetting our grace.

Every day has its great grief or its small anxiety. … One cloud is dispelled, another forms. There is hardly one day in a hundred of real joy and bright sunshine.

Happiness is not something to be pursued, it is something met, an encounter. Most encounters, however, have a sequel; this is their promise. The encounter with happiness has no sequel. All is there instantly. Happiness...

Play the game of peace, not the war.Play, not with gun, but with laughter.

But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the raindescending on black earth in early spring. —And...