Natural life, lived naturally as it is lived in the countryside, has none of that progress which is the base of happiness. Men and women in rural communities can be compared to a spring that rises out of a rock and spreads in irregular ever-widening circles. But the general principle is static.
Copy QuoteI am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
Copy Quote View & ShareNow and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
Copy Quote View & ShareAchievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
Copy Quote View & ShareRemember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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