“The pursuit of personal happiness and the production of healthy children are two radically contrasting projects, which love maliciously confuses us into… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has… — Dale J. Stephens Copy Share Image
“Our Lord did not come to this planet, live a perfect life, and become a worthy atonement for the sins of the… — Jim Berg Copy Share Image
If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It's OK to have a plan, to invest in your future - for your financial security, your love life, your personal fulfillment,… — Karen Finerman Copy Share Image
The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have never seen much point in getting heavy with stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
This obstinate will to personal happiness is the cause of unrest and division in your soul. Give it up and work against… — Tito Colliander Copy Share Image
It's good to follow the path of personal happiness to some extent. People tend to get upset however when you drive a… — Simon Travaglia Copy Share Image
“The great fault of modern democracy -- a fault that is common to the capitalist and the socialist -- is that it… — Christopher Henry Dawson Copy Share Image
“We create most of our suffering, so it should be logical that we also have the ability to create more joy. It… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Forget not that thy marriage, thy wealth, thy life are not for sense-pleasure, are not for thy individual personal happiness. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The desire to serve the common good must without fail be a requisite of the soul, a necessity for personal happiness; if… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“I believe that the phrase ‘obligatory reading’ is a contradiction in terms; reading should not be obligatory. Should we ever speak of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The event of falling in love is of such a nature that we are right to reject as intolerable the idea that… — CS Lewis Copy Share Image
While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Hitler always styled himself as a man who renounced all personal happiness in the service of his people. There is no conclusive… — Volker Ullrich Copy Share Image
“For a crippled man like me, personal happiness was possible only in dreams.” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Complaining becomes a habit. Focusing on the negative also becomes a habit. It’s one of the most detrimental habits you can possibly… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
This crisis is not just a crisis. Consumers are understanding for the first time that [their] degree of personal happiness doesn't rise… — Fernando Rodes Vila Copy Share Image
The religious heritage sort of suggests implicitly and explicitly that you pay your dues and you get your reward later on, that's… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
“For example, “the richest Americans, those earning more than $ 10 million annually, reported levels of personal happiness only slightly greater than… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside… — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy Copy Share Image