#happin

Happiness, thou art naught but an illusion. Thy enchantments are cast upon my eyes, my mind, my spellbound heart. Dependent upon nothing but thy victim's perception of thee, souls soar at thy artful hand! I have fallen in love with thy illusions, Happiness. Thou hast made me a part of them, and I am left delirious. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#illusion #outlook #perception #richelle #richelle-goodrich

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. ↗

— Lucan

#death #endure #gods #happiness #life

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#happiness #know #presence #rarely

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#reality

Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#every #happiness #life #moment #nightmare

Small Moth... She's slicing ripe white peaches into the Tony the Tiger bowl and dropping slivers for the dog poised vibrating by her foot to stop their fall when she spots it, camouflaged, a glimmer and then full on- happiness, plashing blunt soft wings inside her as if it wants to escape again. ↗

— Sarah Lindsay

#home #simplicity #home

So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. ↗

— Nicki Minaj

#comes #fame #happiness #life #money

There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world. ↗

— Hillary DePiano

#happiness #laughter #art

A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it's bad, it's still pretty good... ↗

— CrimethInc.

#inspirational #leisure #life #unemployment #wisdom

I can tell it all in song: pathos, gladness, love, joy, unhappiness. ↗