#happiness

"God bless Dunkin' Donuts."

"I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me."

"If you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth, use Cosmic Ordering."

"And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition."

"Too Beautiful for Words [10w] + [10w] When nature presents us with miracles too beautiful for words,it is either a mountain, a beach, or a baby."

"Pain vs. Pleasure {Couplet} Pain and pleasure are nearly identical,the difference lies in their temporal perception.Pleasure feels fleeting, pain feels unending;both jolt us at the nerve's first inception."

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

"Hanzō Katana Poetry A poem should be forged and folded to perfection like a Hanzō katanaand as gentle as the mist it cuts through."

"Mongolian, Temeenii'malgai The small fuzzy hat worn by camels that cross the Gobi desert. Usually stolen by natives of Ulaanbaatar for the groom's hat at weddings. The fuzz on the hat smells so bad that the groom is temporarily blinded and can't see how ugly the bride looks until it's too late."

"I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else."

"The 'Ugly' Poet [10w] Poets develop cleverness with wordsto compensate for their unattractiveness."

"Privacy [10w] Why someone prefers his privacy is itself a private matter."

"There are hours for rest, and hours for wakefulness; nights for sobriety and nights for drunkenness—(if only so that possession of the former allows us to discern the latter when we have it; for sad as it is, no human body can be happily drunk all the time)."

"Prickly Pears [10w] Men are often like cactus fruits ~thorny outside,mushy inside."

"Learn from your history, but don’t live in it."

"Always try to be joyful and proactively benign to the people. By doing so everyday, people have no control at all over my mood."

"For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering"

"I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy."

"Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness."

"You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination."