#happiness

"The advance of regret can be so gradual that it is impossible to say "yesterday I was happy, today I am not."

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it."

"Trickeries, Sophistries and Traps [10w] Life's great irony is that we, the trapped,set traps."

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"Compromise brings harmony to both, happiness to none."

"Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk and touch more and to make eye contact more frequently."

"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."

"...so i will greet youin a wayall loved thingsare meant to be greetedwith a tear in my heartand a poem in my eye."

"Patriotism [10w] Patriotism for the rich is a subtle synonym for profiteering."

"Can you be happy with the movies, and the ads, and the clothes in the stores, and the doctors, and the eyes as you walk down the street all telling you there is something wrong with you? No. You cannot be happy. Because, you poor darling baby, you believe them."

"He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt."

"Cutthroat Competition [10w] If competition becomes cutthroatit suggests business has become piracy."

"Be happy without picking flaws."

"Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success."

"How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!"

"When she absently worried her bottom lip with one of her adorable little fangs, he sighed.The Enemy of Old fucking sighed.Dear gods, it’d finally happened to him.Happiness.Then his own fangs sharpened.I will kill anyone who tries to take this feeling away from me."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"Biggest Problem with 10w [10w] The biggest problem with aphorisms is people believe they're true."

"Soulmate [10w] When you meet your soulmate,God's walked into the room."

"Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing."