#happin

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#also #benign #choice #condescending #countries

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace. ↗

— Suze Orman

#balance #correct #courage #generosity #grace

You can be happy where you are. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#be happy #happy #where #you

The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#accomplishment #anymore #artist #base #being

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. ↗

— Ovid

#broken #chains #given #happy #hurt

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#believing #consist #consists #does #faithful

Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years, but you never escape your own life. I, finally, knew where my life belonged. Home. ↗

— J. Maarten Troost

#escapism #happiness #paradise #travel #wanderlust

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#creates #disposes #everything #happiness #imagination

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#both #god #neither #nor #us

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. ↗

— Thucydides

#freedom #happiness #secret