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“No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.”

Happiness Justice Divine Higher Blessing Praise

Book:The Nicomachean ethics

Source: The Nicomachean ethics

“Youth is rather to be pitied than envied by people in years since it is doomed to toil through the rugged road of life which the others have passed through, in search of happiness that is not to be met with in it and that, at the highest, can be compounded for only by the blessing of a contented mind.”

People Years Mind Age Happiness Youth Mets Blessing Highest Old Age Doomed Toil Envied Rugged

Author:Samuel Richardson

“What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.”

Humor Happiness Blessing Adversity Disguise Fake People

Author:Jerome K. Jerome

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.”

Real Pain Happiness Suffering Loss Figures Blessing Shapes Patience Disappointment Suicidal Having Patience No Patience Life Patience Great Patience Patience And Persistence I Have No Patience

Author:Joseph Addison

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

Feelings Happiness Attitude Blessing Waste Patience Boredom Wasting Time Serenity Feeling Lost Funny Boredom

Book:The second sin

Source: The second sin

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”

Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

“When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.”

Happiness Joy Wish Blessing Laughter Good Things Prosperity Good Peace Love Joy Of Living Joy To The World Well Wishes Best Wishes Blessing To Others

Author:Maya Angelou

“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.”

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“May you find grace as you surrender to life. May you find happiness, as you stop seeking it. May you come to trust these laws and inherit the wisdom of the Earth. May you reconnect with the heart of nature and feel the blessings of Spirit.”

Source: Living on Purpose: Straight Answers to Universal Questions