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sukha are “bliss,” “ease,” and “happiness.”
Chade-Meng Tan • Search Inside Yourself: Increase Productivity, Creativity and Happiness [ePub edition]
Without a long-term purpose, devoid of challenge, life ceases to feel meaningful to us; we cannot find happiness if we exclusively seek pleasure and avoid pain.
Tal Ben-Shahar • Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
mono no aware. This Japanese term, which literally means ‘pathos of things’, describes the deep emotion that is evoked when we are touched by nature, art or the lives of others with an awareness of their transience. It also refers to the essence of things and our ability to feel that essence.
Marie Kondo • Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying
Human nature is to avoid pain. But without pain, there is no happiness. There is no one without the other.
DAVE MORIN • Thoughts on America
life is good
“I need life, not a lifestyle.”
Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.
Thich Nhat Hanh