Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.
Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.
Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.
One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.
The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people.
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