I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.
We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.
I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.
We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, it's only us. And we're only responsible to make ourselves happy.
I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation.
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
Laughter and joy are part of the beauty of life.
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.
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