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Spanish Ruler Lacks Happiness

I have now reigned about 50 years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen. --Abd Er-Rahman III of Spain, 960 C.E.

Feeling That Your Work Matters

To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun? --Katharine Graham

Titanic Women Who Refused Dessert

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart. --Erma Bombeck American Humorist

Joy in Relationships

There is no hope of joy except in human relations. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Power of Shared Laughter

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter. --Francoise Sagan

Avoid Being Miserable

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. --George Bernard Shaw

Wisdom and Happiness

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. --Sophocles

Sacrificing What Want Now for Future

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually. --Stephen R. Covey

The Plainest Sign of Wisdom

The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene. --Michel de Montaigne

Enjoying Work and Play

The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both. --Zen Buddhist Text

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