God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.
Jonathan EdwardsTag: happiness puritan reformed
I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.
John BarrowmanTag: humor happiness music bollywood
Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.
Charlotte BrontëIf you wish to be happy,Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change
Christopher PaoliniTag: happiness 618 oromis-to-eragon
Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.
John C. MaxwellI was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.
Willa CatherI am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. a
Martha WashingtonTag: inspirational happiness attitude
I believe there is a kind of happiness to be found in every thing in life, in all that is good and pleasing, as well as in that which is sad or poignant.
Syrie JamesEven in Siberia there is happiness.
Anton ChekhovTag: happiness chekhov siberia
I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table." Macbeth
William ShakespeareTag: life happiness shakespeare joy toast party
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