False happiness Quote by C. S. Lewis

Intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.

— Oswald Chambers

And the flesh is that reprehensible preference for self that lurks within every one of our hearts. It is that base and selfish instinct…

— Eric Ludy

Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient…

— John James Audubon

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the ceremony known as afternoon tea”

— Henry James

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

— Henry James

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as a life that is both agreeable and secure

— Aristotle

The full acting out of the self's surrender to God therefore demands pain: this action, to be perfect, must be done from the pure…

— C. S. Lewis

To limit yourself to a label of "alcoholic" is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come…

— Deepak Chopra

“Some people are severely lonely, all they can do is accept the single life as an example of being free and happy.”

— Anthony Liccione

Culture is a perversion. It fetishizes objects, creates consumer mania, it preaches endless forms of false happiness, endless forms of false understanding in the…

— Terence McKenna

What we really need to avoid is this epidemic of false positivism and false happiness, which says if it hurts, it must be bad.…

— Marianne Williamson

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is…

— Anonymous