Artful Quote by Travis Knight

Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees, From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices And the unhurried sounds…

— Czeslaw Milosz

“Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of…

— Matthieu Ricard

“Maybe the affecting aspect was that Madame Ko's tanukis sparked in an onlooker's muscles a kinetic memory of the innocent freedom of early childhood,…

— Tom Robbins

“Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life— the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within it— can…

— George Eliot

Happiness is like a light that shines from within. It casts a beautiful glow on those who stand near and beckons softly to those…

— Anonymous

There is one thing one has to have either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

To Buddha, the second figure in the painting, life on earth was bitter, filled with attachments and desires that led to suffering.

— Benjamin Hoff

Happiness is a certain activity of soul in conformity with perfect goodness

— Aristotle

“ Humboldt's glorious descriptions are & will for ever be unparalleled: but even he with his dark blue skies & the rare union of…

— Charles Darwin

“Over his soul in fleeting waves of happiness, the dreamlike presentiment of a bright earth ruled by the sun began to flicker, an earth…

— Hermann Hesse

Bliss—a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious—lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the…

— David Foster Wallace

“First, they have small drops of moisture fall to dampen the dust of desire, and by opening the gateway of nirvana, fanning the wind…

— Gene Reeves