#pines

I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream - I believe that the world would gain such a fresh impulse of joy that we would forget all the maladies of medievalism, and return to the Hellenic ideal - to something finer, richer, than the Hellenic ideal, it may be. But the bravest man amongst us is afraid of himself. The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives. We are punished for our refusals. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#happiness #life #dreams

Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness. ↗

— Frank Tyger

#happiness-life #freedom

What is freedom? It consists in two things: to know each his own limitations and accept them – that is the same thing as to know oneself, and accept oneself as one is, without fear, or envy, or distaste; and to recognise and accept the conditions under which one lives, also without fear or envy, or distaste. When you do this, you shall be free. ↗

— Ann Bridge

#happiness #self-acceptance #self-awareness #freedom

In every relationship one must sacrifice to show thy love. Are you willing to make sacrifices for someone you love? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#happiness #humor #love #relationships #romance

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

#friendship #friendship-quotes #happiness #happy #ogwo-david-emenike

Life is like a coin. 999, 999 cannot be a million without it. Just like in life, we cannot be truly happy without a person who will complete us. I may not be the coin who will make you a million, but I can be a part of your 999, 999. ↗

— Cherryl Anne Lintag

#friendship #happiness #life #love #million

I like living, breathing better than working...my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it's a sort of constant euphoria. ↗

— Marcel Duchamp

#happiness #life #art

and we laugh and laugh and all I know is at this moment I feel like I can do anything I want and be anyone I want and go anywhere on the globe and still call it home ↗

— Kirsten Smith

#happiness #laughter #wanderlust #home

We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#death #freedom #happiness #joy #laughter

How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#human-condition #imagination