Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
H.L. MenckenTags: fear happiness definitions attitude orthodoxy puritanism strictness
We are a noisy and blessed little family
Nancy E. TurnerWhen it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government. Independence is my happiness, the world is my country and my religion is to do good.
Thomas PaineTags: happiness independence government perfection constitution boast perfect-government
Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.
Fyodor DostoevskyFor what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it?
A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not, necessarily be attended by constant cheerfulness and a joy that is deep and issues from deep within, since he finds delight in his own resources, and desires no joys greater than his inner joys.
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There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.
Elizabeth BergThere is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
Charlotte BrontëTags: inspirational friendship happiness
Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
Leo TolstoyI've got nothing to do today but smile.
Paul SimonI'll never wake up in a good mood again.
I'm tired of these stinky boots
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