“Pain in life is inevitable but suffering is not. Pain is what the world does to you, suffering is what you do to yourself [by the way you think about the 'pain' you receive]. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. [You can always be grateful that the pain is not worse in quality, quantity, frequency, duration, etc]” ThinkingWorldWayDoePainLife IsSufferingQualityGratitudeGratefulInevitableEtcQuantityBe GratefulFrequencyDurationOptionalPain In Life Author:Gautama Buddha
“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. [and then you discover that others have suffered much more than you and your problems look good in comparison]” ThinkingWorldLooksProblemPainGratitudeComparisonWorld HistoryUnprecedented Author:James A. Baldwin
“With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment?” WorldJoyBlackSorrowGratitudeThousandTormentIngratitude Book:Life of ---,compiled from various sources together with his Autobiography,... Source: Life of ---,compiled from various sources together with his Autobiography,...
“The degree of complications and unhappiness in a person's life corresponds to the degree to which he dwells on the way he thinks the world ought to be rather than the way it really is. and being grateful it isn't worse, while trying to make it better.” ThinkingWorldWayTryingPersonsOughtGratitudeDegreesGratefulUnhappinessBe GratefulComplication Author:Robert Ringer
“Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. In order to consider himself supremely blessed he must deeply understand that things could be much worse but aren't! To not do that is to always be less happy than he could be.” MenWorldOrderHe ManGratitudeBlessedUnhappy Author:Seneca the Elder
“The secret to happiness is to lower your expectations. ...that is what you compare your experience with. If your expectations and standards are very high and only allow yourself to be happy when things are exquisite, you'll never be happy and grateful. There will always be some flaw. But compare your experience with lower expectations, especially something not as good, and you'll find much in your experience of the world to love, cherish and enjoy, every single moment.” IfsWorldMomentsEnjoySecretGratitudeStandardsExpectationsGratefulCompareFlawsCherishExquisiteSingle MomSecret To HappinessHappy And Grateful Author:Charlie Munger
“We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world.” WorldNeedsShouldWritingTryingMindEndsEnoughMightJoyJourneyGratitudeOne DayBlessingPaperPensMy Blessing Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical experience, insight and the resulting wisdom many are strong at the broken places just like mended broken bones often are, and some people even have the great insight to be grateful for the purifying fire.” PeopleWorldStrongWishGrowthBreakFireBrokenGratitudeIllusionGratefulPersonal GrowthInsightBonesDuesPracticalsAssumptionBe GratefulPurifyingBroken BonePractical ExperiencePurifying Fire Author:Ernest Hemingway