#pines

Happy the hare at morning, for she cannot read The hunter's waking thoughts. ↗

But there is nothing enduring in the world, and therefore even joy in the second minute is already not as acute as in the first; in the third minute it becomes still weaker and finally merges unnoticeably with the usual condition of the soul, as a circle on the water, caused by the fall of a pebble, finally merges with the smooth surface. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

#joy #life #sadness #time #life

That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.... ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#puppy #life

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#goals #happiness #life #satisfaction #life

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. ↗

— Susan Polis Schutz

#happiness #honesty #inspirational #life #love

Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that our definition of happiness has gotten very narrow lately, very nervous, a little afraid of this brawling, fabulous, unpredictable world. ↗

— Julian Gough

#hurt #life #life

Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#life

Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation? ↗

— Yann Martel

#life

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick? ↗

— Markus Zusak

#life #life

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life. ↗