“Happiness comes from self-knowledge. Self-knowledge means that you have understood your mind. Your mind is the whole universe.” MindMeanSelfWholeHappinessUniverseBuddhismUnderstoodSelf Knowledge Author:Frederick Lenz
“People are unhappy because they don't understand life; by happy, I mean complete, aware, conscious, poignant, caring, loving, unaffected, cosmic, simplistic, humble, excited, passive - everything. You are everything.” PeopleMeanHappinessBuddhismConsciousHumbleExcitedCaringUnhappyCosmicPassivePoignant Author:Frederick Lenz
“Happiness does not mean that everything works out. Usually nothing works out, but you get a kick out of it anyway.” MeanDoeHappinessBuddhismWork OutKicksThings Work OutEverything Works Out Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is no reason not to love. There is no reason not to be joyous. There is no reason not to celebrate because all of this means nothing, absolutely nothing. So why not be happy?” MeanReasonHappinessBuddhismCelebrateNo ReasonWhy NotJoyousAbsolutely Nothing Author:Frederick Lenz
“Stop being jealous, I mean, to be jealous is to suggest that God doesn't know what she is doing. This is ridiculous! She does everything perfectly” KnowsMeanDoeHappinessBuddhismRidiculousJealousBeing Jealous Author:Frederick Lenz
“Discrimination means keeping the negative and unhappy thoughts away and allowing the pretty thoughts to come inside you.” MeanHappinessBuddhismNegativeUnhappyDiscriminationAllowingHappy Thoughts Author:Frederick Lenz
“Meditation simply means entering into states of mind which are happiness, profound happiness, simple happiness, beautiful happiness, complicated, uncomplicated - There are ten thousand states of mind.” MindMeanStatesBeautifulHappinessSimpleMeditationBuddhismThousandTenProfoundComplicatedState Of MindEnteringUncomplicatedSimple Happiness Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.” MenWayWantMayMeanTwoHappensHappinessResultsEasierInner PeaceBeing HappyDiminishPursuit Of HappinessTwo WaysJust Be HappyWant To Be HappyHappy ManI Just Want To Be HappyI Want To Be HappyJust Want To Be Happy Author:Benjamin Franklin
“Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.” MenWayMeanDifferentGovernmentHappinessFormPoliticalHappyInner PeaceDifferent WaysForms Of GovernmentGreat HappinessWhat Is Happiness Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“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