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“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.”
Victor Hugo
“Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.”
Anatole France
“Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
Henry David Thoreau
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.”
Dalai Lama
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.”
Dalai Lama
“Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.”
Dalai Lama
“Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.”
Dalai Lama
“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.”
Dalai Lama
“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.”
Dalai Lama
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Dalai Lama
“Sleep is the best meditation.”
Dalai Lama
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.”
Buddha
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
Buddha
“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
Buddha
“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
Buddha
“Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.”
Buddha
“The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.”
Buddha
“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
Buddha
“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.”
Buddha
“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
Buddha
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Buddha
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.”
Buddha