Daily Archives: June 22, 2012

The essence of philosophy

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. Epictetus

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Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom. Benjamin Franklin

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Some pursue happiness

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Some pursue happiness, others create it. Author Unknown

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To beg our daily happiness

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. Charles Caleb Colton

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Real happiness

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Hosea Ballou

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Whole day of happiness

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness. Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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A breathing corpse

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

When a man has lost all happiness, he’s not alive.  Call him a breathing corpse. Sophocles

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If someone loves a flower

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

If someone loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that’s enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943 translated from French … Continue reading →

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Happiness, interval between periods

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. Don Marquis

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Happiness is the spiritual experience

Posted on June 22, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.  Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Denis Waitley

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