We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
Alexandre DumasRead
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes finding joy in one's good deeds and actions, regardless of recognition or praise.
In this quote, Alexandre Dumas encourages a noble heart to embrace happiness and be proud of the good they have done, even if their contributions go unnoticed. The speaker expresses gratitude for these unseen acts of kindness, highlighting the intrinsic value of doing good for its own sake, rather than seeking external validation.
In practice
In a motivational speech about community service.
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.
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Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much.
One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad.
Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it.
There are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help.
What day is it?" It's today," squeaked Piglet. My favorite day," said Pooh.
There are days when simply seeing feels like happiness itself....You feel so rich, the elation seems almost excessive and you want to share it
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