“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.” HappinessJusticeDivineHigherBlessingPraise Book:The Nicomachean ethics Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“Happiness is a thing honored and perfect. This seems to be borne out by the fact that it is a first principle or starting-point, since all other things that all men do are done for its sake; and that which is the first principle and cause of things good we agree to be something honorable and divine.” MenFirstsDoneFactsSeemsHappinessCausesPerfectPrinciplesDivineAgreeStartingSakeHonorableHonoredStarting Point Author:Aristotle
“The activity of God, which is transcendent in blessedness, is the activity of contemplation; and therefore among human activities that which is most akin to the divine activity of contemplation will be the greatest source of happiness.” HumansHappinessDivineSourceActivityContemplationTranscendentHuman ActivityBlessednessSource Of Happiness Book:The Nicomachean ethics Source: The Nicomachean ethics
“Whether you are aware of them or not, whether you recognize them as spiritual or not, you probably have had the experiences of silence, or transcendence, or the Divine-a few seconds, a few minutes that seem out of time; a moment when the ordinary looks beautiful, glowing; a deep sense of being at peace, feeling happy for no reason. When these experiences come...believe in them. They reflect your true nature.” BelieveLooksReasonMomentsFeelingsSeemsBeautifulHappinessSpiritualSilenceMinutesDivineOrdinaryExperienceNo ReasonSecondsTranscendenceGlowingTrue NatureBeing At PeaceFeeling Happy Author:Ravi Shankar
“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.” IfsMomentsHappinessNightHeardSadnessLonelinessDivineDown AndStealingTeethThis LifeCurseJudgementDemonSpokesWhat IfRecurrence Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days.” WorldEndsHappinessHoursChanceConditionsDivineLuckyForecastsHold FastStumble Upon Author:Willa Cather
“Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.” KnowsMenWellsSometimesEarthHappinessPurposeSituationKnowingOne ThingJourneyDivineStrangeDependsSakePositive AtheismWell BeingDaily LifeNot KnowingStandpointSeemingYour Purpose In Life Author:Albert Einstein