The route of true happiness, the Buddha argued, was to achieve a visceral understanding of impermanence, which would take you off the emotional roller coaster and allow you to see your dramas and desires through a wider lens. To truly tame the 'monkey mind' and defeat our habitual tendency toward clinging, meditation was the prescription, and sitting and actively facing the 'voice in your head' mindfully for a few minutes a day might be the hardest thing you'll ever do. Accept that challenge and improve your life drastically. It's about mitigation, not alleviation. It's that simple. The only way out is through. ― Dan Harris

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There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. ― Stephen Chbosky

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And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

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when your happiness is someone else's happiness, that is love

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Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne Frank

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Here comes the sun. And I say, it’s all right. — The Beatles

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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.

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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein

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I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.

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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. — Robert Collier

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