#happiness

"The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure."

"Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks,where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks."

"We will attract potential partners who reflect back to us what we need to heal, balance and strengthen in ourselves- until we become whole. At that point, we can attract our twin flame or soul mate and enjoy a peaceful co- creative partnership that benefits all of mankind."

"Fear is the Best Test Will the fear of going blind make youa voracious reader, a world traveleror paralyze you with a thousand other fears?"

"We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of on good rain and black loam."

"Live in this moment ... for it is the only moment we have!"

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."

"I do not think we have a "right"to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks."

"Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age."

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government."

"I'm generally a happy person -with the help of antidepressants, that is- so there is something to be said for surrounding myself with happy people."

"Paint your life with the colors of kindness so that you may find the true bliss of happiness."

"[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever."

"Poetry and Love [10w] Poetry and love are two faces of the same coin."

"The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy."

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."

"Somalia Haiku For a Somalian, heaven's drawing water from a well in an earthen pot."

"We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion."

"dear today, i spend all of you pretending i'm okay when i'm not, pretending i'm happy when i'm not, pretending about everything to everyone."

"The pretty ones are usually unhappy. They expect everyone to be enamored of their beauty. How can a person be content when their happiness lies in someone else's hands, ready to be crushed at any moment? Ordinary-looking people are far superior, because they are forced to actually work hard to achieve their goals, instead of expecting people to fall all over themselves to help them."