- “That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think there are any such things as curses. I think there is only life. That’s enough.” ― Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- “Any destination is only a speculated goal. But, a conscious journey along the way offers life and love.” ― Steve Leasock
- “The rider evolved to serve to the elephant.” ― Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
- “In Advaita Vedanta, and in many other ancient wisdom traditions, the world is said to be an illusion. This illusion is commonly referred to as maya, a Sanskrit name which refers to the apparent, or objective reality which is superimposed on the ultimate reality in order to generate the phenomena of what we call the material world. Maya is the magic by which we create duality—by which we create two worlds from one. This creation is an illusory creation—it is not real—it is an imaginary manifestation of the one Universal Consciousness, appearing as all of the various phenomena in objective reality. Maya is God’s, or Consciousness’s, creative power of emptying or reflecting itself into all things and thus creating all things—the power of subjectivity to take on objective appearance.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
- “World needs positive energy. Put your happy energy into the universe.” ― Amit Ray, Walking the Path of Compassion
- “Earthly reality solidifies a set of lines of communication where nothing is truly real but everything is necessary.” ― Dan Desmarques, Codex Illuminatus: Quotes & Sayings of Dan Desmarques
- “The fourth dimension of me is putting in delusion and pulling out of delusion.Many times when you can’t handle the reality as it is, when you are not ready to be in that highest awareness space, some things are kept out of your sight to reduce the stress for you – to give you space to cope up with the reality.” ― Paramahamsa Nithyananda
- “A happy mind is also a beautiful universal mind.” ― Debasish Mridha
- “Happiness depends not on things around me, but on my attitude. Alfred MontapertThe monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion. Alfred Montapert No better words than “thank you” have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one’s heart, when the two words are sincerely spoken. Alfred MontapertThe man or woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the bowed frame of years, you will always see the dear face and feel the warm heart union of eternal love.Alfred MontapertThe finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain and opens his mind to the genius and spirit of the world’s greatest ideas. He will feel inspired with the purest and noblest thoughts that have ever animated the spirit of humanity. Alfred Montapert.” ― Alfred Montapert
- “To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
- “True happiness and satisfaction comes from the attainment of self-knowledge.” ― Shiva Negi
- “Faith is one of the most important elements of human life. It is with faith that you operate your imagination, then gaining upper control over the physical universe around you. It is with faith that you make plans for the future, endure the pains of seeing them fail, and then regain hope again, by replanning, readjusting towards your goals, in order to finally succeed. It is because of your faith that your life gains a higher meaning, enabling you to endure the most profound of chaos, at a mental, physical, and spiritual level. It is due to faith, that we love. And it is because of faith that we keep our relationships. No relationship was ever made possible without faith. That was not, at the very least, a relationship that could be labeled as a loving one. Because we only associate with those who can become recipients of our faith. That faith then assumes different ramifications, in the form of trust, commitment, realistic expectations, and understanding. Whenever these fundamental branches get broken, faith is lost, and so is the relationship or its meaning. Nothing ever ends before ending faith first. Suicide, depression, despair, and anxiety, among many other forms of mental illnesses and emotional challenges in general, cannot emerge without breaking faith first. And that faith is broken first in our social interactions before being broken within us. We do that by violating our own ethical code. Ultimately, faith connects us as a collective and connects the essence of our soul to the meaning of life. Without faith, nothing makes any sense. But the deepest challenge of faith, is always a karmic one, for the heavier your karma, the more faith you will need to overcome it. The worse the actions of the past — the more against your spiritual integrity and the spiritual integrity of others they are — the thicker will be the layers of your karma. And those layers will manifest too in the physical world, leading into the greatest trap of all, which is the idea that your surroundings and those who compose them make you. They do not. And every glimpse of light in the horizon, in the form of an illusion, shows you that. Because that is what pleasant illusions are for, to give you hope. Because it is thanks to hoping that you rediscover your faith and it is with this renewed faith that you rediscover love. Happiness then could be considered a process, but no process is joyful until you look back at the memories that led you towards success, and no success is meaningful except the one that can be shared. Recognition and admiration are then not a goal in itself, but part of such illusion in which we find ourselves, for it either sink us deeper into thicker layers of karma or propels us outwards, and towards love. The difference is as clear as in seeing with whom we associate ourselves with, for we may be too immersed in a karmic fog to realize that the ones who help us the most are not our enemies, and our enemies may be the ones we consider friends. Upon contemplating these different stages of karmic manifestation, one then understands the need to repent, and becomes humble, and focused on his spiritual freedom before even considering a spiritual growth. When this is consciously seen and accepted, he will feel blessed for the glimpses of light, no matter how delusional, and the ones who despite the inner conflicts caused can lead then to the spiritual freedom they seek. As a man in the dark, those who are blinded by their karma, won’t be able to discern their angels from their demons, but faith in oneself is a good start in that direction.” ― Dan Desmarques, Codex Illuminatus: Quotes & Sayings of Dan Desmarques
- “Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, So … Love the people who treat you right and pray for the ones who don’t. Life is 10% what you make it 90% how you take it.” ― Abhishek Shukla, Feelings Undefined: The Charm of the Unsaid Vol. 1
- “Life can be frustrating sometimes. Take a nap, exercise, meditate or do whatever it takes to ‘reboot’ your thinking. Happiness is just a thought away!” ― Tom Giaquinto, Be A Good Human
- “please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- “You will be happy if you look into your heart.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
- “Life is a process of changes; happy and sad.Life is beautiful; and Life is happiness” ― Ellen J. Barrier
- “Getting up each morning choosing to be happy is to shape circumstances instead of being shaped by them.” ― Elle Sommer
- “Without enthusiasm then what we have surrounded ourselves with becomes worthless.” ― Stephen Richards
- “It’s always important before the trash gets in the trash, so respect everyone, no one knows which trash will become a trillionaire tomorrow.” ― Anuj Jasani
- “It’s not strength, it’s PERCEPTION that makes you stronger. If you change how you SEE it, you’ll change how you FEEL about it.” ― Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir
- “Although we all wish there was, there really is no overnight recipe for success; instead, you need to know who you are to know what you want, and within that process of self discovery and self care you develop the clarity and drive to get to where you need to be.” ― LeeNor Dikel, The Game-Changer Workbook: A Life-Changing Guide to Rediscover Your True Self, Boost Self-Confidence, and Step into Your Power
- “You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to see your own eyes without a reflection, or cut a knife with the tip of its own blade—it is impossible. The subject can only observe the object; it cannot make an object out of itself. But by the very act of observing, you indirectly know yourself as the observer, as the subject. No witnessing of the witness is needed to prove its existence.” ― Joseph P. Kauffman, The Answer Is YOU: A Guide to Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Freedom
- “It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.” ― Max Planck, Where is Science Going?
- “I consider myself a stained-glass window. And this is how I live my life. Closing no doors and covering no windows; I am the multi-colored glass with light filtering through me, in many different shades. Allowing light to shed and fall into many many hues. My job is not to direct anything, but only to filter into many colors. My answer is destiny and my guide is joy. And there you have me.” ― C. JoyBell C.
- “It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be.” ― Sanhita Baruah
- “Happiness is a state of mind, a choice, a way of living; it is not something to be achieved, it is something to be experienced.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
- “Many married women who have deliberately spurned the “hour” of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving themselves, they lost themselves!” ― Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary
- When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. Helen Keller
- “After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.” ― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture