Quotes October 31, 2020

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
Alexis de Tocqueville
 
 
 
 
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
Albert Einstein
 
 
 
 
“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”
Stephanie Perkins
 
 
 
 
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.”
James Oppenheim
 
 
 
 
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”
Marcel Pagnol
 
 
 
 
“Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.”
Martin Yan
 
 
 
 
“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.”
Epicurus
 
 
 
 
“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.
Do not forget small kindnesses and do not remember small faults.”
Chinese Proverbs
 
 
 
 
“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.”
Heraclitus
 
 
 
 
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
Martha Washington
 
 
 
 
“On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a playful, joyous energy behind what you do.”
Eckhart Tolle