Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.
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Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.
Live with the objective of being happy.
You don't need a scale to tell you whether you're allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness.
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering.
The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.
There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the other person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love. If you cannot understand, you cannot love. That is the message of the Buddha.
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth... Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it. .
All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.
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