Happiness

221. ULTIMATE JOY

“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.”

WILLIAM SAROYAN (1908–1981), USA

222. BE GOOD, BE HAPPY

“The righteous man is happy in this world and the next. He is happy when he thinks about the good he has done and happier seeing his good path ahead.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

223. SMILE EFFECT

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

THICH NHAT HANH (BORN 1926), VIETNAM/FRANCE

224. SNOW LION

The mythological snow lion is white with a turquoise mane. It inhabits the mountain ranges of Tibet, leaping from mountain top to mountain top. Snow lions are the animal symbol of Tibet – they appear on the Tibetan flag, and on currency, stamps and official seals. Thought of as cheerful, friendly creatures, they are often depicted playing. However, they also support the thrones of Buddhist deities.

225. LIVING IN JOY

“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”

EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886), USA

226. DESERT SPRING

“If an Arab in the desert were suddenly to discover a spring in his tent, and so would always be able to have water in abundance, how fortunate he would consider himself – so too when a man, who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within.”

SØREN KIERKEGAARD (1813–1855), DENMARK

227. DOORS OF BLISS

“If you … follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.”

JOSEPH CAMPBELL (1904–1987), USA

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