Constriction causes pain, relaxation causes happiness.

“We can learn to act and think in ways that sow seeds of our future well-being, gradually becoming more aware of what causes happiness…

— Pema Chödrön

“Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the Corporation for…

— Gretchen Rubin

It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite.

— Aristotle

Helping others is not limited to providing food, shelter, and so forth, but includes relieving the basic causes of suffering and providing the basic…

— Dalai Lama

I always wanted to understand the causes of happiness. I'm a bit of a scientist, I guess you could say.

— Goldie Hawn

“He looks uncomfortable, and in this respect the garb is apt. Kevin is uncomfortable; the tiny clothing replicates the same constriction that he feels…

— Lionel Shriver

“And we, too, had a relationship— Tight wires between us, Pegs too deep to uproot, and a mind like a ring Sliding shut on…

— Sylvia Plath

“Constriction alters a person’s breathing, muscle tone, and posture in order to promote efficiency and strength. Blood vessels in the skin, extremities, and internal…

— Peter A. Levine

“The sick constriction of the heart was undeniable; there was a melancholy truth in the fact that it was suffering which made me, I…

— Alfred Hayes

“When we respond to a life-threatening situation, hyperarousal is initially accompanied by constriction in our bodies and a narrowing of perceptions. Our nervous system…

— Peter A. Levine

“He sank back into his black-and-white world, his immobile world of inanimate drawings that had been granted the secret of motion, his death-world with…

— Steven Millhauser

But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress…

— M. Scott Peck

Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these…

— William Bernbach

Too much familiarity breeds contempt.

— Vikrant Parsai

Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.

— Anonymous