The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
Interpretation
Laughter signifies joy and can create a metaphorical space for happiness.
This quote suggests that laughter is a powerful expression of joy that can elevate our spirits and create an atmosphere akin to a sacred space filled with happiness. Just as a vaulted dome in a temple symbolizes reverence and beauty, the sound of laughter fills the air with a warm and uplifting essence that contributes to a joyful environment.
In practice
In a speech about well-being, one might say, 'As Milan Kundera beautifully stated, the sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness, reminding us of the importance of joy in our lives.'
Which doesn't mean, of course, that I'd stopped loving her, that I'd forgotten her, or that her image had paled; on the contrary; in the form of a quiet nostalgia she remained constantly within me; I longed for her as one longs for something definitively lost.
Facts mean little compared to attitudes. To contradict rumor or sentiment is as futile as arguing against a believer's faith in the Immaculate Conception. You have simply become a victim of faith, Comrade Assistant.
While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about writing it together and sharing motifs (the way Tomas and Sabina exchanged the motif of the bowler hat), but if they meet when they are older, like Franz and Sabina, their musical compositions are more or less complete, and every motif, every object, every word means something different to each of them.
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.
Sensuality is the total mobilization of the senses: an individual observes his partner intently, straining to catch every sound.
I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.
The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.
Tranquil pleasure constitutes human beings' supreme good
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