The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a…

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness…

— Hugo Black

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first.

— Hugh Black

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness…

— Hugh Black

Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing in the direction of your life's purpose.

— Robin Sharma

Happiness has nothing to do with your life's circumstances, its based on your ability to accept the things you are experiencing.

— Anonymous

“The divine pattern is your life purpose. It is a story about your divine self and it is written within—your heart”

— Alain Yaovi M. Dagba

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

— Arthur Miller

We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.

— Ray Kurzweil

My inside self and my outside self used to match. A compass needle pointed true north. Now the needle spins around and around indicating…

— Elizabeth Berg

“[...] this observing self often kills and withers anything that is under its scrutiny. The individual has now a persecuting observer in the very…

— Anonymous

If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one's self is like the heat in an oven. It makes passable Bath buns.…

— Alan Bradley

“The more you depend on forces outside your self, the more you are dominated by them.”

— Harold Sherman

The roots of addiction can be seen in our search for happiness in something outside of our self, be it drugs, relationships, material possessions.

— Lee L Jampolsky

The most important thing in life is human affection. Without it one cannot achieve genuine happiness. And if we want a happier life, a…

— Dalai Lama

Truly lasting happiness is ours when we have the self awareness to choose the criteria in our mind and change it at will.

— Senoraroy