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181 " One of our issues as adults is that we become too focused on the results of an activity. We work to earn money. We go to the gym to lose weight. We spend time with people to network and further our careers. What happened to doing something just because it’s fun? "
― Meik Wiking , The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
182 " As long as you live, keep learning how to live. And remember: one day, your life will flash before your eyes - make sure it is worth watching. "
― Meik Wiking , The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments
183 " Bir kültürün dili, insanların içinde yaşadıkları dünyayı nasıl algıladıklarını yansıtmakla birlikte davranışlarını etkilemektedir. Sevgi sözcüğümüz olmasaydı sevgi hisseder miydik? Tabii ki. Fakat evlilik için bir sözcüğümüz omasaydı dünya neye benzerdi? Sözcüklerimiz ve dilimiz geleceğe yönelik umutlarımızı ve hayallerimizi biçimlendirir, geleceğe yönelik hayallerimiz de bugün nasıl hareket ettiğimizi belirler. "
― Meik Wiking
184 " Perhaps Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom. "
185 " The Danish language has been called many things, but seldom beautiful. Google "Danish sounds like..." and the first two suggestions that appear are "German" and "potato." To foreigners, Danish sounds like someone speaking German with a hot potato in their mouth. "
186 " Un cunoscut proverb danez spune: "Nu exista vreme rea, ci doar haine nepotrivite". "
187 " The biggest obstacles to happiness are feeling inferior or excluded. "
― Meik Wiking , The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
188 " Being with other people is a key part of hygge, but as a happiness researcher, I can also testify that it might be the most important ingredient to happiness. "
189 " Part of the tradition is that the birthday boy or girl cuts the throat of the Cakeman while the other kids scream. "
190 " «Черный цветНа выходе из Копенгагенского аэропорта вам может показаться, будто вы попали на съемочную площадку фильма о ниндзя. В Дании все носят черное. Если вы хотите слиться с толпой, одевайтесь так, будто собрались на похороны Карла Лагерфельда, – стильно и монохромно. Летом палитра цветов расширяется и можно позволить себе надеть что-нибудь экстравагантное и почти безумное, например серое.» "
191 " Our words shape our actions. "
192 " I’m not sure how long Jean-Paul Sartre’s commute was, but it might have been where he first came up with the phrase “Hell is other people. "
193 " The most important social relationships are close relationships in which you experience things together with others, and experience being understood; where you share thoughts and feelings, and both give and receive support. In one word: hygge. "
194 " Denmark and the Netherlands are among the countries with the fewest people who seldom enjoy life or rarely feel calm and relaxed. "
195 " Hygge is about being kind to yourself—giving yourself a treat, and giving yourself, and each other, a break from the demands of healthy living. "