“Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.” ThinkingMenWantMomentsHappinessLyingFallPlansIdealsSimplicityPursuitContentment Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.” MenMeanLongSeemsCareHappinessHumanityIndividualProgressGoodnessIdealsMereSpeciesLongevityI CareIndividual Life Author:C. S. Lewis
“Status Anxiety: A worry, so pernicious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideals of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect; a worry that we are currently occupying too modest a rung or are about to fall to a lower one.” MayHappinessSuccessFallResultsWorryOur LivesFailingDangerAnxietyCapableIdealsDignityOur SocietyModestConformPerniciousDignity And Respect Author:Alain de Botton
“Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.” ReasonHappinessJoyImaginationLaughterIdealsPhilosophicalHappyBeing HappyPursuit Of HappinessNot HappySelf HappinessVivid ImaginationWild ImaginationReasons To Be Happy Author:Immanuel Kant
“Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.” HappinessImaginationIdealsVivid ImaginationWild Imagination Book:The Crimes of Love: 3 Novellas Source: The Crimes of Love: 3 Novellas
“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.” TruthHappinessJoyGoodnessIdealsFilledVanityJoy Of LivingGoodness And Truth Author:Albert Einstein