#pine

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. ↗

For of course some sort of general idea they must have, if they were to do their work intelligently-though as little of one, if they were to be good and happy members of society, as possible. For particulars, as every one knows, makes for virtues and happiness;generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers, but fret-sawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#knowledge #intelligence

Remember the botched brothel-visit in L’Education sentimentale and remember its lesson. Do not participate: happiness lies in the imagination, not the act. Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#happiness #life #memory #pleasure #education

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#life #life

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. ↗

— Aristotle

#life

People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed they lay in the past. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #history #inspirational #let-go #letting-go

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#happiness #space #life

That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.... ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#puppy #life

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived. ↗