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Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small joys—of love and occasional peace in a life that was full of pain. ― Peter Heller, Celine
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.
Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity
we're all golden sunflowers inside. _ Allen Ginsberg
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny
An honest man is always a child.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
