#happiness

On veut gagner de l'argent pour vivre heureux et tout l'effort et le meilleur d'une vie se concentrent pour le gain de cet argent. le bonheur est oublié, le moyen pris pour la fin. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

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There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating. ↗

— Frederick Delius

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Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too. ↗

— Alfred Doblin

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Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

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Happy girls are the prettiest ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#beauty #happiness #beauty

The end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature ↗

— John Piper

#communication

Dads. Do you not realize that a child is what you tell them they are? That people almost always become what they are labeled? Was whatever your child just did really the “dumbest thing you’ve ever seen somebody do”? Was it really the “most ridiculous thing they ever could have done”? Do you really believe that your child is an idiot? Because she now does. Think about that. Because you said it, she now believes it. Bravo. ↗

— Dan Pearce

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All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. ↗

— John Gunther

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From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

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