“Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.” ArtHandsTruthHappinessJoyOpinionSacrificeHonestyTaughtKissingEmbraceErrorsHeartfeltRenounce Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“In my opinion it is the happy living, and not, as Antisthenes said, the happy lying, in which human happiness consists.” HumansSaidHappinessLyingOpinionHuman Happiness Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” IfsLifeTwoTruthHappinessPoliticalFreedomOpinionFourGrantedPlusTotalitarianismNineteenComplete Freedom Author:George Orwell
“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.” IfsMenWayHappinessOpinionIgnoranceGainsRichesRelyLastingPermitImperfectRely UponLasting HappinessImperfect Man Author:Joseph Franklin Rutherford
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” ThinkingInspirationalPhilosophyProblemWisdomHappinessReligionHopeBeliefInspiringCommonAttitudeOpinionPsychologyPositiveLife PhilosophyWise WordsWords Of WisdomGoodnessPerceptionUniversalTherapyMemorablePositive AttitudeThought ProvokingGood And BadSonnetEntrancesCognitiveNegative ThoughtsPsychotherapyOverthinkingHuman ThoughtBest AttitudeBad AttitudeWorking ManEither OrGood AttitudePositive Mental AttitudeHoratioMental PowerHamlet And OpheliaShort Positive AttitudeAttitudes And SuccessHamlet 2Romeo And Juliet LoveHamlet OpheliaImportant HamletPoloniusInfinite SpaceThoughts And ThinkingBad ThoughtsMortality In HamletRosencrantz And GuildensternBe Or Not To BeMorality In HamletCognitive TherapyGood ThinkingPsychotherapistsHamlet DeathGreat PersonalityGood SpiritualRotten ApplesThinking GoodGood Wise Author:William Shakespeare
“My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.” KindHappinessSpiritualGoalLevelsOpinionPracticeSeaPositionAcceptanceEmotionalCalmMoodContentmentSpectrumSpiritual PracticePersonal Opinions Author:Andrew Weil