All Quotes By Tag: Happiness

“In All Forms Of Relationships,  Friendship Is The Only One Facing  The Battle Alone.”

“Love Is The Only One That Remains After Lovers Have Gone Separate Ways”

“Happiness consists of being able to understand yourself; and the reality around you. If you try to do so, you’re on the way to being liberated from suffering and misery.This is perhaps the definition of happiness I mostly resonate with…”

“It’s not easy trying to stay afloat when the current keeps pulling you under.”

“I do not deny that, to most, homelessness is a curse. Just look at some of the people in this room. The smell of urine, alcohol, and dirt is overwhelming. They have lost their dignity. Winter is on the doorstep. No hygiene will lead to certain disaster! But I suppose that Marduk does not care for them any longer. In a world where life is measured in monetary terms, those with no earnings are at the bottom of the chain. Their life is worth nothing. There is something surreal about it, don’t you think?!”

“In life, success is important, but the journey towards happiness is most important.”

“The most important goal of education is to pursue the ultimate purpose of life and achieve success with happiness.”

“I had survived the vulnerability of childhood, and the danger of first love. There was comfort in knowing that I would never be in either of those positions again, that, from now on, I would be the only person responsible for my own happiness.”

“How do you know this story?”Yeva’s breath caught. “Because it’s my story too,” she whispered. “Because I thought I wouldn’t be happy until I left town to live in the wood, and then I thought I wouldn’t be happy until I could hunt every day, and then I thought I wouldn’t be happy until I avenged my father’s death. Because I spent a year in an old castle with the young prince and the gray wolf and I thought I couldn’t be happy until I killed them both, and when I did, I wept harder than I ever have in my life. Because I thought I couldn’t be happy until I went home, and then I thought I couldn’t be happy until I came back.””Because I thought the reason I’d always felt so restless was because I was meant for magic,” Yeva said softly. “That if I could fix the story, that if I rescued the young prince and the gray wolf and I found the Firebird and I held in my hands everything I’d ever wanted, I would live happily ever after.”

“You will find much happiness in being a Selfless person versus being a Selfish.”

“Something will kill me eventually but until then I’m swimming in ambrosia.”

“To be successful, think of happiness.”

“Success is not synonymous to stress, but to happiness. So be happiness oriented.”

“I do not deny that, to most, homelessness is a curse. Just look at some of the people in this room. The smell of urine, alcohol, and dirt is overwhelming. They have lost their dignity. Winter is on the doorstep. No hygiene will lead to certain disaster! But I suppose that Marduk does not care for them any longer. In a world where life is measured in monetary terms, those with no earnings are at the bottom of the chain. Their life is worth nothing. There is something surreal about it, don’t you think?!” He paused chewing his bottom lip, lost in reflection. “And yet, even those with money are not much better off. This summer I spent my days in a park, watching the same people rush from the station to work every morning. I am certain that they do not notice the flowers bloom in spring and that, to them, most of the world is no more than a shadow. I used to be them once, but not anymore.”“Are you happy?” asked Shane without judgement, not wanting to make any assumptions.“Happy?! I don’t know. But I am free and I am alive. There are those who resent not being seen, and I suppose that our invisibility, compounded by the thousands of people who pass us on the street every day without looking into our eyes, is indeed a symptom of something being wrong with our society. But I do not mind it. I would rather be out of a system designed to enslave me. This is my pilgrimage; like a monk, I have abandoned my old life in search of myself.” He paused and studied Shane. “You are young, the road ahead of you is still long. Certain lessons can only be learned with experience.”

“So often when we are unhappy it is becasue we are taking too much responsibility or we are taking too little. Instead of being assertive and choosing clearly for ourselves, we might become aggressive (choosing for others) or passive (letting others choose for us), or passive-aggressive (choosing for others by preventing them from achieving what they are choosing for themselves).”