Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
Louisa May AlcottRead
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
Interpretation
Finding beauty in simple things brings happiness to our lives and homes.
This quote emphasizes the importance of appreciating the small and often overlooked aspects of life that contribute to our overall happiness and sense of belonging. By recognizing beauty in humble elements, we can cultivate a joyful environment in our homes and enhance our life's richness.
In practice
During a speech about gratitude, one might reference this quote to highlight the importance of appreciating the little things.
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
It takes two flints to make a fire.
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
You are without needs. There is nothing that you need in order to be perfectly happy. You only think that there is. Your deepest, most perfect happiness will be found within, and once you find it, nothing exterior to your Self can match it, nor can anything destroy it.
Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows through persecution and opposition. It is an unceasing fountain bubbling up in the heart; a secret spring the world can't see and doesn't know anything about.
Abjure all accretions and turn off the lights. Put on some music - Leonard Cohen, say, perhaps his 'Various Positions' - and let your mind cool down. Soon you'll forget there's a word called 'stress.'
Happiness is the feeling that power increases - that resistance is being overcome.
If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the love of Him: herein is perfect joy.
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