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“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work must no longer be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits.”

Happiness Joy Lying Effort Moral Creative Achievement Mad Mere Forgotten Profit Possession Thrill Stimulation

Book:Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition

Source: Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition

“I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.”

Happiness Desire Passion Sex Friendship Female Unions Possession Supreme Sole Tenderness Infatuation

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)

“Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its own operations, and preserves safety, but never gains supremacy.”

Wells Doe Happiness Success Quality Materials Gains Increase Safety Possession Manage Preserves Operations Good Sense Supremacy

Book:Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt

Source: Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt

“No matter how many possessions we acquire, they will not provide us with any lasting happiness and freedom. On the contrary, it is often our pursuit of material possessions that causes our problems. If we want ultimate happiness and freedom from suffering, we must engage in the supreme practices of training the mind. There is no other way.”

“It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor does moral conduct, and it is possible to perform noble deeds even without being ruler of land and sea: one can do virtuous acts with quite moderate resources. This may be clearly observed in experience: private citizens do not seem to be less but more given to doing virtuous actions than princes and potentates. It is sufficient then if moderate resources are forthcoming; for a life of virtuous activity will be essentially a happy life.”

“Great master Lao Tzu says that 'The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.' Giving is indeed a very good source of happiness! One of the best treasures a man can give to someone is a good and sound idea; because birds can ascend into the sky only with wings, and men, only with good and sound ideas!”

Men Giving Doe Ideas Happiness Sound Sky Masters Source Bird Wings Very Good Possession Treasure Source Of Happiness Laos Lao Tzu

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.”

People Thinking Love Life Happiness Music Musician Music Is Possession Composer Rock And Roll Publishers Music Love Harmony In Music Rock N Roll Music Rock And Roll Music

Author:John Lennon

“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”

Mind States Happiness Quality Positivity Possession Inner Peace State Of Mind Joy And Happiness Peace And Happiness Inner Happiness Joy Happiness Melodrama Five Senses Prized Possessions

Book:Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel

Source: Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel

“Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.”

May Happiness Next Growth Change Hours Chance Possession Uncertain Finding Happiness Starting Anew Uncertain Times

Book:The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]

Source: The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]

“Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.”

Ifs World Giving Mind States Happiness Peace Pleasure Quality Power Possession Happy Uplifting Peace Of Mind State Of Mind Lacking Being Happy True Happiness Authentic Happiness

Author:Dada Vaswani

“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.”

World Life Inspirational Stories Hands Happiness Our Lives Written Losing Property Possession Divides World History Alchemist Life Story Alchemist Love

Book:The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”

Ifs Giving Heart Stills Happiness Inspiring Conditions Letting Go Anxiety Anger Possession Lovely Peace Is Every Step Freedom And Happiness Letting Go Of Anger Anger Inside

Book:The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

“For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or the senses, we shall find all its properties and adjuncts will herd under this short definition: that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.”

Wells Happiness Possession Perpetual Deceived

Author:Jonathan Swift