#pines

Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#best #born #connected #consider #errors

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. ↗

— George Orwell

#assume #be happy #happiness #happy #life

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#ideal #imagination #work

One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way. ↗

— Isabelle Eberhardt

#look #meets #must #never #way

When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . . ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#life-journey #map #pursuit-of-happiness #change

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#children #condition #dead #formerly #happiness

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#happiness #having #lot #money #reverse

This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#changes #consisted #contentment #else #existence

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. ↗

— Harold Kushner

#brings #caring #feeling #happiness #impact

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy. ↗

— Alan Lightman

#human-nature #tragedy #dreams