Post by XANTO on Jul 8, 2011 11:13:35 GMT
" Cheerfulness is the first thing, cheerfulness is the second, and cheerfulness is the third." It furnishes the best soil for the growth of goodness and virtue. It gives brightness of heart and elasticity of spirit. It is the companion of charity, the nurse of patience, the mother of wisdom. It is also the best of moral and mental tonics.
" The best cordial of all," said Dr. Mar-shall Hall to one of his patients, " is cheerfulness."
The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.
- Michel Montaigne
"Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and
enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and groans. If people were universally
cheerful, there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness there is.
Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and morality.
Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts."
O happiness! our being's end and aim!
Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name:
That something still which prompts the eternal sigh,
For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
- Alexander Pope
The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he
meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.
Ella Wilcox
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable
how happy flowers are.
Osho
"Happiness is not a quality brought about by changes in outer circumstances. Instead it is the product of releasing an attachment to a particular thought about an unpleasant feeling or situation."
Can anyone else add more?
xanto
" The best cordial of all," said Dr. Mar-shall Hall to one of his patients, " is cheerfulness."
The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.
- Michel Montaigne
"Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and
enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and groans. If people were universally
cheerful, there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness there is.
Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and morality.
Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts."
O happiness! our being's end and aim!
Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name:
That something still which prompts the eternal sigh,
For which we bear to live, or dare to die.
- Alexander Pope
The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he
meets it, is always a man of vision and faith.
Ella Wilcox
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable
how happy flowers are.
Osho
"Happiness is not a quality brought about by changes in outer circumstances. Instead it is the product of releasing an attachment to a particular thought about an unpleasant feeling or situation."
Can anyone else add more?
xanto
