We are all chained to fortune: the chain of one is made of gold, and wide, while that of another is short and rusty. But what difference does it make? … more
Posts tagged with:
happiness
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Marcus Aurelius on achieving happiness by doing
@ 03/06/12 – 10:04:46
The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends, not on what he feels but on what he does; just as his virtue and vice consist … more -
Montesquieu on being happier than others
@ 31/05/11 – 18:58:48
[ ... ] from achieving happiness. However, envy just might be a important thing that is just now poisoning the minds of people in especially in developed ... more -
Erich Fromm on greed as a bottomless pit
@ 29/12/10 – 22:35:08
[ ... ] possible road to happiness. I do not think that it suits everyone, far from it. However, people who share a certain frame of mind and a certain life ... more -
Robert Owen on the common interests of human race
@ 18/01/10 – 11:58:52
[ ... ] well-being, and happiness, of every man, woman, and child, without regard to their class, sect, party, country or colour?" - Robert Owen (1841) ... more -
Robert G. Ingersoll on happiness
@ 17/01/10 – 17:17:17
[ ... ] The secret of happiness is in big part in simply not worrying unnecessarily about the future. Nobody just can not know what it will bring. ... more -
Marcus Aurelius on happy life
@ 09/12/09 – 13:51:01
[ ... ] bottom of it, happiness is purely just a state of mind. The true level of happiness does not depend on the economic circumstances. One just needs ... more -
Bertrand Russell on the interdependence of humankind
@ 03/12/09 – 22:19:37
[ ... ] our own true happiness, we must ensure that others are happy too. He did mean this on a global level, not only in ones own immediate circle of ... more
