#happiness

It is utterly impossible to be happy without being grateful. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#life

From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not recognize me as something apart from them, and I was happy, so happy, because for the first time in years, and forevermore, I had not killed, and never would. ↗

— George Saunders

#death #dying #happiness #death

Quand nous prendrons conscience de notre rôle, même le plus effacé, alors seulement nous serons heureux. Alors seulement nous pourrons vivre en paix et mourir en paix, car ce qui donne un sens à la vie donne un sens à la mort. (Terre des Hommes, ch. VIII) ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#happiness #life #death

Enlightenment is a paradoxical phenomenon. You need to be commited to become enlightenment, and to do whatever is necessary to make it happen. But at the same time you can not force enlightenment to happen by sheer will. It is like the situation with happiness: you can not force happiness to happen, but you can create the right circumstances for happiness to happen. You need to be willing to die, to let go of your limited sense of “I”, to achieve enlightenment. I can feel a deepening thirst to die, to dissolve into the silence, in my heart and being. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#ego #enlightenment #happiness #heart #inner-being

Happiness comes from within. Stuff only clutters up the place. ↗

— Judi Fennell

#dreams

Today you will have countless opportunities to take action towards any dream or goal you've ever had. No matter how long you’ve waited, it’s never too late. Let today be the day you give life to your dreams and goals. Don't throw away another day! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#goal #happiness #life #opportunities #success

Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day. ↗

— Francis Gray

#happiness #hope #inspirational #today #tomorrow

Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery #motherhood #dreams

One's life, from being an exterior thing, grows inwards. Its intensity stays the same; and, d'you know, it's most mysterious, the corners in which the joy of living can sometimes hide away. ↗

— Blaise Cendrars

#life #life

happiness is a journey, not a destination. السعادة رحلة, وليست وجهة. ↗

— Robin S. Sharma

#dreams