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These examples suggest what one needs to learn to control attention. In principle any skill or discipline one can master on one’s own will serve: meditation and prayer if one is so inclined; exercise, aerobics, martial arts for those who prefer concentrating on physical skills. Any specialization or expertise that one finds enjoyable and where one can improve one’s knowledge over time. The important thing, however, is the attitude toward these disciplines. If one prays in order to be holy, or exercises to develop strong pectoral muscles, or learns to be knowledgeable, then a great deal of the benefit is lost. The important thing is to enjoy the activity for its own sake, and to know that what matters is not the result, but the control one is acquiring over one’s attention. ↗

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#happiness #art

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? ↗

— Albert Einstein

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I'd discovered another of life's cliches by being with jude: the happier you are in life, the faster it passes you by. ↗

— Nicole Williams

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Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own. ↗

— Robert Tew

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Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. ↗

— Denis Waitley

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Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

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Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing I've ever had to go through because basketball is really most of my happiness. So when I can't go out there and exert energy and have fun and things like that, it kind of puts everything else into perspective. ↗

— Chris Webber

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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

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