#happiness

"If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas."

"Informal HP Survey: Should Poetry Rhyme? O.K., readers, anybody who thinks poetry should rhymeplease tap your caneor jiggle your walker."

"Why sadness was created?So we could rest from laughing."

"Out to Lunch [10w] Behind closed doors, there's nothing we rightfully can call crazy."

"We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away."

"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."

"In the midst of happiness or despairin sorrow or in joyin pleasure or in pain:Do what is right and you will be at peace."

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

"No-brainers [10w] No-brainers are challenging enough for people with no fucking brains."

"Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you."

"Money vs. Happiness [10w] Why do people with money say,'money can't buy happiness'?"

"Suffering sucks. Don't do it. Go home and love your wife. Go home and love yourself. Go homeand base your happiness on one thing and one thing only: freedom. Choose freedom, not suffering. Create a life of freedom, not wanting. Have some really good coffee and listen to the red-winged blackbirds in the marsh. Ignore the mosquitoes."

"I neither knew nor cared whether my experience was insanity, dreaming, or magic; but was determined to gaze on brilliance and gaiety at any cost."

"Happiness must be grown in one's own garden."

"Frank Lloyd Wright {Couplet} Frank Lloyd Wright eliminated the confining wall,so now when your wife screams at youit sounds like you're in Tammany Hall."

"I've pursued dreams and achieved them, but I don't think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they don't follow some dream. Happiness doesn't come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It's appreciating what you've got and building relationships with those around you."

"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow."

"And for a moment―for a split second―everything else falls away, the whole pattern and order of my life, and a huge joy crests in my chest. I am no one, and I owe nothing to anybody, and my life is my own."

"Be thankful for a breath of fresh air to be alive and well. Allow love and happiness to penetrate throughout your mind and soul. Take time to relax and live in the moment, the now, the present. Enjoy today."

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