3,271 quotes found
“When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty then happiness comes of itself.”
“True happiness we are told consists in getting out of one's self. But the point is not only to get out you must stay out. And to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.”
“Without duty life is soft and bone less.”
“Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.”
“Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence.”
“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions-the little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile a kind look a heart-felt compliment and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and g...”
“For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth a book and a friend and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.”
“A happy life is made up of little things ... a gift sent a letter written a call made a recommendation given transportation provided a cake made a book lent a check sent.”
“Yes there is a Nirvanah it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture and in putting your child to sleep and in writing the last line of your poem.”
“First health then wealth then pleasure and do not owe anything to anybody.”
“The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and after these the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.”
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
“Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
“In violent and chaotic times such as these our only chance for survival lies in creating our own little islands of sanity and order in making little havens of our homes.”
“Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.”
“For most of life nothing wonderful happens. If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends then the chances are you're not going...”
“Little deeds of kindness little words of love Help to make earth happy like the heaven up above.”
“In about the same degree as you are helpful you will be happy.”
“Invest in the human soul. Who knows it might be a diamond in the rough.”
“All the goodness beauty and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.”
