Quotes of: Greatest-happiness Keyword

Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.

The Girl Who Played Go

GWGs [girls with glasses] aren't happy being nomads; they need a safe place to put their glasses while they sleep.

Girl with Glasses: My Optic History

Now I no longer wish to be loved, beautiful, happy or successful. I want one thing and one thing only - to be left alone.

Good Morning, Midnight

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.

A Grief Observed

Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.” —Sanskrit poem

The Garden

She knows what it is to be sad and miserable, but those emotions are almost enjoyable. They throw moments of happiness and laughter into sharper relief.

The Glass Room

She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.

A Gun for Sale

When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.

Girls In Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

I've always believed that happiness is just around the corner. The trick is fining the right corner.

The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

All the characters ever written are already inside you. It's just a matter of accessing them and bringing them forward. And having no fear of the dark side.

Happy Accidents

What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by love. "Without love there would be no contemplation." Contemplation is a loving attainment of awareness. It is intuition of the belo...

Happiness and Contemplation

Don’t believe everything you repeat in your mind!

How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy

The first step to Happiness is deciding exactly what kind of life you want. That kinda comes from experience.

HOW TO SAY NO TO ANYTHING AND MEAN IT

I wonder where love really is. Good feelings. Happiness. They're someplace, I know. I feel that. But without Father and Mother, how do I get there?

The Boy From the Basement

I figure whatever I choose to create, I'll be neglecting somebody - so my art may as well make me happy. - Audrey Niffenegger

The Bookshop Book

To live a happy & peaceful life...you must first find it inside you. Bring it forth & advocate it in your life.

Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying

To begin a reform, go not into the places of the great and rich; go rather to those whose cups of happiness are empty--to the poor and humble.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.

Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown

I'm not sure how we got to this place, where a girl's only value is in what kind of marriage she has, how capable she is of keeping a man happy.

The Book of Ivy

For the sake of your health and happiness, replace the loss that causes sadness with the thanks that yields gratitude.

Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

So no I'm not perfect. I'm still as fucked up as I always was, the only difference is that now I'm happy with it. I accept it and make the best of it.

Bet Me