It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully satisfied; and a highly endowed being will always feel that any happiness which he can look for, as the world is constituted, is imperfect. But he can learn to bear its imperfections, if they are at all bearable; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections, but only because he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify.
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is only because they only know their own side of the question.
Tag: happiness philosophy satisfaction imperfections fool socrates enjoyment capacity
Mostra la citazione in tedesco
Mostra la citazione in francese
Mostra la citazione in italiano
Maybe this is a characteristic of happy people. An ability to be entertained by the world.
Clare MorrallTag: happiness
Mostra la citazione in tedesco
Mostra la citazione in francese
Mostra la citazione in italiano
Our life is like a land journey, too even and easy and dull over long distances across the plains, too hard and painful up the steep grades; but, on the summits of the mountain, you have a magnificent view--and feel exalted--and your eyes are full of happy tears--and you want to sing--and wish you had wings! And then--you can't stay there, but must continue your journey--you begin climbing down the other side, so busy with your footholds that your summit experience is forgotten.
Lloyd C. DouglasTag: life inspirational happiness
Mostra la citazione in tedesco
Mostra la citazione in francese
Mostra la citazione in italiano
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho MarxTag: happiness carpe-diem live-in-the-moment self-determination
Je tiefer sich das Leid in euer Sein eingräbt, desto mehr Freude könnt ihr fassen.
Kahlil GibranKurzes Glück kann jeder.
Kurt TucholskyTag: happiness
[K]urzes Glück: Es ist wohl kein anderes denkbar [...]
Kurt TucholskyTag: happiness
No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
Paulo CoelhoTag: life happiness people philosophy unhappiness
There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
C.S. LewisMy happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
Michael J. FoxTag: inspirational happiness acceptance
« prima precedente
Pagina 19 di 265.
prossimo ultimo »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.