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1 " We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind. "
2 " If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. "
― Maurice Chevalier
3 " there’s more to liberation than trying to avoid discomfort, more to lasting happiness than pursuing temporary pleasures, temporary relief. "
― Pema Chödrön , Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change
4 " Whatever worldly thing we may covet - zealously striving to obtain and then retain - never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed always escalate into a vicious spiral, as we seek greater and greater gratification but find less and less contentment. . . . Striving to acquire the things of the world not only does not bring lasting happiness and peace, but it drives us to seek more. When " all we've ever wanted" is grounded in the temporal trappings of this world, it is never enough! "
5 " If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed races won or lasting happiness achieved. "
6 " The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self. "
7 " It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose aiming at something outside self. "
8 " It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. "
