happiness

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today."

"Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories."

"If people were employed at creating heaven on earth, everybody would be happy; instead each one is creating his own heaven by creating hell for others."

"Sometimes you get everything you ever wanted, only it doesn't look like what you wanted anymore."

"Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch."

"Memory is the happiness of being alone."

"I'll never wake up in a good mood again.I'm tired of these stinky boots"

"It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it."

"There is a fine line between compassion and a victim mentality. Compassion though is a healing force and comes from a place of kindness towards yourself. Playing the victim is a toxic waste of time that not only repels other people, but also robs the victim of ever knowing true happiness."

"We came to see Jace. Is he alright?""I don't know,"Magnus said. "Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?"

"The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself."

"The happiness of a family is such a complex matter. Like a table laid out with a tea service, it looks so ordinary until it's threatened. Then it becomes infinitely precious."

"Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Higher Consciousness."

"I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later."

"Happiness, you see, its just an illusion of Fate, a heavenly sleight of hand designed to make you believe in fairy tales. But there's no happily ever after. You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books."

"Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs."

"Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another."

"Even in Siberia there is happiness."

"People like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached. They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that responsibility."

"I sit quietly and think about my mom. It's funny how memory erodes, If all I had to work from were my childhood memories, my knowledge of my mother would be faded and soft, with a few sharp memories standing out."