Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.
Robert Louis StevensonRead
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Developing a habit of happiness helps in overcoming external circumstances that might limit one's joy.
This quote by Robert Louis Stevenson emphasizes that cultivating the habit of happiness can significantly reduce the impact of external factors on a person's emotional state. By fostering a positive mindset, individuals can find freedom from the influences of their environment, leading to a more fulfilling and joyful life.
Themes
HappinessHabitFreedomMindsetPositivity
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about mental health, one might quote this to inspire resilience.
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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
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His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.
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It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters . . . I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit.
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Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the die for any tempted and trembling sinner; and it fell out with me, as it falls with so vast a majority of my fellows, that I chose the better part and was found wanting in the strength to keep to it.
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