#happiness

In my opinion, if 100% of the people were farming it would be ideal. If each person were given one quarter-acre, that is 1 1/4 acres to a family of five, that would be more than enough land to support the family for the whole year. If natural farming were practiced, a farmer would also have plenty of time for leisure and social activities within the village community. I think this is the most direct path toward making this country a happy, pleasant land. ↗

— Masanobu Fukuoka

#equality #equity #fairness #farming #happiness

People do not belong to others, either. How can the huincas buy and sell people if they do not own them. Sometimes the boy went two or three days without speaking a word, surly, and not eating, and when asked what was the matter, the answer was always the same: "There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#happiness #human-nature #sadness #self-realization #freedom

Money doesn't bring you happiness, it brings you the freedom to find it. ↗

— H.G. Mewis

#h-g-mewis #happiness #money #freedom

Give as you wish to live, it all come's back to you. And that's without exception ... ↗

— Ian Tucker

#happiness #inner-peace #self-help #freedom

En vivant votre misère, vous pouvez être malheureuse ou heureuse. C'est dans ce choix que consiste votre liberté. Vous êtes libre de fondre votre individualité dans la marmite de la multitude avec un sentiment de défaite, ou bien avec euphorie. (...) notre seule liberté est de choisir entre l'amertume et le plaisir. L'insignifiance de tout étant notre lot, il ne faut pas la porter comme une tare, mais savoir s'en réjouir. (ch. 43) ↗

— Milan Kundera

#happiness #living #freedom

The quest of discovering your empowered self is a process of refinement, not accumulation. Cut away the nonsense, the drama, the regret, the scars of the past, and make a decision to no longer let them govern your happiness and freedom. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#empowerment #freedom #happiness #life #past

Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as you please ↗

— Anne Brontë

#future #happiness #men #women #freedom

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection. ↗

— William H. Seward

#government #happiness #live #organized #political

This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate… the time to get sweaty, to get dirty, to fall in love, to forgive, to forget, to hug, to kiss… this is the time to experience, participate and live your life as a verb. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#experience #forgive #happiness #inspirational #life

When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself, and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness! ↗

— Casi McLean

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #dreams