Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.
Interpretation
Do not pursue happiness obsessively, but do not shy away from it either.
This quote by Laozi emphasizes the importance of maintaining a balanced perspective towards happiness. It encourages individuals to avoid the extremes of overly pursuing happiness to the point of greediness while also reminding them not to fear or reject happiness when it comes into their lives. Essentially, it advocates for a mindful and measured approach to seeking joy.
In practice
During a motivational speech about achieving well-being.
If you understand others you are smart._x000D_ If you understand yourself you are illuminated._x000D_ If you overcome others you are powerful._x000D_ If you overcome yourself you have strength._x000D_ If you know how to be satisfied you are rich._x000D_ If you can act with vigor, you have a will._x000D_ If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting._x000D_ If you die without loss, you are eternal.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
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Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life snap? Would the heart over weighted with sudden joy stop beating for very excess of happiness?
If you don't wake up and have your own thing, whether it's writing or reading or traveling or acting or dancing or singing or being a mother or a father, something that drives you, then it's all worth nothing. One of the key elements in happiness is purpose.
All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in our own good fortune and in the good fortune of others... We can be joyful for people we love, for moments of goodness, for sunlight and trees, and for the very breath within our lungs. Like an innocent child, we can rejoice in life itself, in being alive.
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