“The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience.”
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
“There are going to be frustrations in life. The question is not: How do I escape? It is: How can I use this as something positive?”
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
“the three factors that seem to have the greatest influence on increasing our happiness are our ability to reframe our situation more positively, our ability to experience gratitude, and our choice to be kind and generous.”
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
― The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
“Time is such a cheat. The more importance you give it, the less you have of it.”
― The Thing About Thugs
― The Thing About Thugs
“Fate does not take sides. It is fair-minded and generally prefers to maintain some balance between the likelihood of success and failure in all our endeavors.”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
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