The great thinkers have long pointed to a connection between creativity and happiness. "Happiness," Kant once said, "is an ideal not of reason but of imagination." In other words, we create our happiness, and the first step in creating anything is to imagine it.
Eric WeinerHappiness doesn't require words.
Eric WeinerIt's not what we believe that makes us happy but the act of believing. In anything.
Eric WeinerIt is not the skills we actually have that determine how we feel but the ones we think we have" ... we experience flow, a state of mind where we are so engaged in an activity that our worries evaporate and we lose track of time.
Eric WeinerThinking about happiness makes us less happy.
Eric WeinerWhy do we lose our temper? Because we love perfection. Create a little room for imperfection in your life.
Eric WeinerYes, there is something higher than happiness. Love is higher than happiness. Not only does love trump happiness, but in a competition between truth and love, love wins. We must strive for a love that does not bring distortions.
Eric WeinerThe problem with finding paradise is that others might find it, too.
Eric WeinerParadise is a moving target.
Eric WeinerMoney matters but less than we think and not in the way that we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude.
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