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BlueRoamer
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posted November 21, 2005 03:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueRoamer     Edit/Delete Message
East

If you can find true contentment, it will last forever.

– LaoTzu

A well guarded mind brings happiness. Those who are free from all worldly desires will attain Nirvana. Never covet what others have. It is deadly sin which grows away from all happiness. Learn to be happy with what you have.

– Buddha

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

– Confucius

Even the most mundane objects are things of wonder, if we stop to look at them, and the fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.

– David Fontana, Zen

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

– The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

Happiness is a continuous creative activity.

– Baba Amte (born in 1915), Founder of the "Sanctuary of Love", Anandwan, India

Absolutely, God's allies will have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.
They are those who believe and lead a righteous life. For them happiness in this life, and in the Hereafter. Such is God's inviolable law.
This is the true triumph.

– Quran

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

– Mahatma Gandhi

West

Happiness, if attainable at all, must be sought by reflection upon things that are remote from the impressions of sense.

– Plotinus (A.D. 204-270), the Founder of Neoplatonism

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative. Practical virtue brings only a secondary kind of happiness; the supreme happiness is in the exercise of reason, for reason, more than anything else, is man.

– Aristotle (B.C. 384-322)

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

– Epicurus

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.

– Epictetus

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

– William Shakespeare

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

– Abraham Lincoln

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

– Earl Nightingale

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself the ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.

– John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

There is no such thing as happiness, for an unfulfilled wish causes pain, and attainment brings only satiety.

– Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

– John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

Happiness is attained through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

– Helen Keller, 19th century deaf and blind activist

As for happiness, it is not something you experience, it's something you remember.

– Mark Twain

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.

– Ramona L. Anderson

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.

– Samuel Johnson

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

– Bette Davis

There is no stress in the world, only people thinking stressful thoughts and then acting on them.

– Wayne Dyer

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

– Benjamin Disrael

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sweetlibra
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aqua
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posted November 21, 2005 08:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for aqua     Edit/Delete Message
quote:
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

– William Shakespeare.



quote:
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

– Abraham Lincoln.



these are beautiful !

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ListensToTrees
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posted November 21, 2005 12:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ListensToTrees     Edit/Delete Message

I love them all!

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Bluemoon
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posted November 21, 2005 07:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bluemoon     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks, Blue! Be Happy! I hope you are well and have found a plan to deal with your room mate!

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AcousticGod
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posted November 21, 2005 07:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
Nice thought-provoking quotes.

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26taurus
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posted November 22, 2005 04:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for 26taurus     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks Blue.

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Lousianagrl
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posted November 22, 2005 09:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lousianagrl     Edit/Delete Message
I have a little book with happiness quotes..If only I knew where it was...

Be optimistic!
Dontcha be a grumpy!
When the road gets bumpy,
Just Smile, Smile, Smile and be happy!
Don't wear a long face,
It's never in style.
Be optimistic
and SMILE!
~Anywhere but Here

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AcousticGod
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posted June 27, 2006 12:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
To live your life in your own way,
To reach the goals you've set for yourself,
To be the person you want to be - that is success.

-Anonymous

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salome
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posted June 27, 2006 02:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for salome     Edit/Delete Message

go to Universal Codes for a true happiness spell.

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SunChild
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posted June 28, 2006 07:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SunChild     Edit/Delete Message

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DayDreamer
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posted July 03, 2006 11:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DayDreamer     Edit/Delete Message
Bumping the happiness quotes

My favourites on here so far...(worth repeating)

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

– The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.

– Epictetus

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

– Abraham Lincoln

Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself the ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.

– John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

There is no such thing as happiness, for an unfulfilled wish causes pain, and attainment brings only satiety.

– Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

– John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.

– Samuel Johnson

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.

– Bette Davis

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