Quotes of: Greatest-happiness Keyword

Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair.

Alice I Have Been

The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some human beings do not.

Anne's House of Dreams

If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.

Assholes Finish First

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

Antic Hay

It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.

The Architecture of Happiness

...Because beauty is typically the result of a few qualities working in concert, it can take more to guarantee the appeal of a bridge or a house than strength alone. (p 205)

The Architecture of Happiness

He tossed a word like a ball, never letting it fall. Instead it swam in the air, without care, strung together with an art that came straight from his heart.

The Address Of Happiness

Through all people, the Music of Love would pour, bringing light to the swords that sped through the darkness. And the light of their blades would lead the constellations to their destination.

The Address Of Happiness

All bowmen are caught between heaven and earth, born to discovery, choosing to love and raise their eyes high to a future that is apparent only through the strength of their hope.

The Address Of Happiness

We are strangers to our own lives, setting out in the dark to look for the adobe of Love which we were meant to know, guided by the Music that wants us to see.

The Address Of Happiness

Forget happiness. You were called to a throne. How will you prepare for it? That is the question of virtue, Christian style.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first?

After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie

So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.

All the Sad Young Men

No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.

The Autobiography of My Mother

...every "Good Bye" said by a true friend, shall always be followed by "Hello" and every happy end shall always be a beginning of something New and Wonderful!

Anninch

Success does not bring happiness. Success brings success.

Adventurers Against Their Will: Extraordinary World War II Stories of Survival, Escape, and Connection-Unlike Any Others

The festivity had reached that apogee of joy when you face the happy fate of being crushed to death.

The Attack on the Mill and Other Stories

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance.

The Heart of the Matter

I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.

Heart of the Matter

Kim was, as always, utterly happy while running, in accord with nature, in harmony with the universe, in touch with the truth that was in him, full of love for all creatures even to the lowliest insect.

The Holy Man

It's because of the way you are. It's why you're happy reading novels. You're only comfortable with a piece of the world that you can hold in your hand.

Hunger