“He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Greek philosopher Epictetus says, “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
“Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“A famous Persian proverb hung on my aunt’s kitchen wall reads, “I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.”
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
“Without the bad, we wouldn’t know the good. Without sorrow and grief, how can we know happiness and love? Everything has a balance, Simone. Everything has a reason. We are created to feel, and to feel is to experience all emotions so when we do find love we know it and can embrace it and cherish it because we know what it would feel like to lose something so precious.”
― My Soul Keeper
― My Soul Keeper
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