I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? So that it will make us happy, as you write? Good Lord, we would be happy precisely ...
Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
Marriages are all happy. It's having breakfast together that causes all the trouble.
Who ever does not respect confidence will never find happiness in their path.
And in the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Henceforth, any attack even on the least of men is an attack on Christ, who took the form of man, and in his own Person restored the image of God in all that bears ...
I carry my liberty with me. It is in my thoughts, in my head. Shakespeare is one of my countries, Goethe another. You can change that badge that I wear, but you can’t change the way I think. It is through my intellect that I can escape the roles, i...
Freedom is in the Now
I'm obsessed with being human.
Wrinkles happen to human beings.
The human race is governed by its imagination.
It's human nature to wonder.
I'm an advocate of human nature.
Human nature is what Heaven supplies.
I'm only a human being.
As a human being, I'm work in process.
Elizabeth, what this man has done is terrible. There aren't any words that are strong enough to describe how wicked and evil he is! He has taken nine months of your life that you will never get back again. But the best punishment you could ever give ...
Instead of looking outside for happiness, become the well of happiness within and share it with others instead.
We fear what we long for. This is the paradox.
The real world—where I probably could never be happy, and never get anywhere.
If someone left, mean not your happiness gone surely, Happiness dependant not on others but yourself but be. [223] - 4 (Thoughts)
You know what the secret to a happy life is?" "No regrets. Just live in the moment.
