#happiness

"I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone."

"Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes."

"But I am king. And the well-being of my kingdom depends on my sound judgment and clear head. And those things depend on my state of happiness. And I have known for a long time that my state of happiness depends on you."

"Embittered [10w] "His heart blistered like paint peeling from an old rig."

"Poetry vs. Prose [10w] Prose is the bread of imagination;poetry is the wine."

"If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way."

"Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair..."

"Happiness earned, not given."

"Metamorphosis [10w] Change. Become the butterfly.Don't stay a caterpillar with wings."

"I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy."

"How to Save the World [10w] When true love floods in, it could float an ark."

"I was terrified of my weakness, of my sharp tongue, ofmy every flaw. I was terrified that this moment, my chance tolive in happiness for however short a time we may have had,would be ruined because I was simply not carved out of thesame wood as happiness, and that my grain was too twistedto ever take its form."

"Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things."

"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering."

"Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter. Take love and loyalty and mix them thoroughly with faith; blend with tenderness, kindness and understanding. Add friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine. Wrap it regularly with lots of hugs. Serve generous helpings daily."

"Heart My heart jumps every time you walk through the door.It's not love.I have an arrhythmia."

"Tapestry [10w] Life's a tapestry of mystery and miracles quilted by God."

"Optimists vs. Death [10w] Optimists are hopeful people who see a coffin as half-full."

"Closets Opening and Closing [10w] + [10w] You can take sweet gay men out of the closet;you can't take the closet out of the master-bedroom suite."

"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."