“It never occurred to me that if one word from him could make me so happy, another could just as easily crush me, that if I didn’t want to be unhappy, I should learn to beware of such small joys as well.”

“The really good stuff is invisible.”

“You have to stay out of the game. It’s deadly and no one ever wins. Everyone is a loser. Even seeming wins are short-lived and have the taste of bitterness mixed in with the satisfaction of personal gain. The ego is exclusive by nature. While the spirit seeks to include, the ego is unashamedly manipulative in its culling of people. The intention of self-aggrandisement is barely even covered over. The soul does not see people in terms of what it can gain. It seeks to share. It seeks to create by extension of its own and others’ true nature. The ego is extremely changeable. It has no stability. Constantly guarding against attack and looking out for its own advantage, its perceptions and thus feelings towards others are ever-shifting. This creates unhappiness. The more we veer away from our true nature, the more unhappy we feel. When we align with our better self, we feel happy again. And so the process continues until the spaces between happiness are not as long and arduous. The presence or absence of personal peace is our barometer. It will guide us even if we are not sure of the way.”

“Praise the God of all, drink the wine, and let the world be the world.”

“The path to happiness can’t be to do all the wrong things in different ways.”

“What do you want?”The question stunned him. He could say he wanted nothing, that he felt like nothing, that he counted the days until darkness. Hecould say: Happiness beyond all worlds! A life of peace and love, entire and whole! He could say he wanted everything and nothing all at once. He thought for a moment, as the birds sang in the trees, of how often he felt like this.”

“Failure is not a hindrance for success but a noble ingredient for a sweeter fruit.”

“A beggar can be happy, but not a miser.”

“Live with love, walk with love, speak with love and listen lovingly. You will find that life is a fountain of love, joy and happiness.”

“Love is the seed of every achievement and every happiness.”

“There’s no risk on the path to blissBe your own activist Imagine altering the process of thoughts to positive and passionate Honing in on habits of happiness”

“Rainbows are made of small raindrops. Happy lives are made from acts of kindness.”

“Love others, love endlessly, be happy. there is nothing else.”

“She was giving away her love with kindness and care, to fill her heart with love and soul with happiness.”

“Happiness doesn’t come easily, just because you want or even deserve it,” she said. “I don’t think you’re too young to know that. So you’ve got to find your own way to let that happiness in. Sometimes, when it threatens to get away from you, you have to reach out the window and pull it in, like capturing a bird.”