Knowledge is power. Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge – broad, deep knowledge – is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man’s progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not … Continue reading Knowledge Is Happiness Helen Keller (1903)
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them. | Anthony de Mello Continue reading There Is Only One Cause of Unhappiness Anthony de Mello
We’re crazy, We’re living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything. | Anthony de Mello Continue reading We’re Crazy Anthony de Mello
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them. Credit: Anthony de Mello Source: Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of RealityPeople: Anthony de MelloAnthony De Mello Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapistBooks: Anthony de MelloAll … Continue reading The Cause of Unhappiness Anthony de Mello
Someone once told me that the power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less, and he was right. But power isn’t happiness, and I think that maybe happiness comes from caring more about people rather than less … Credit: Connor Mead in the film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Source: Ghosts of Girlfriends PastPosts where … Continue reading The Power in All Relationships Lies with Whoever Cares Less Connor Mead in the film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
I never, indeed, wavered in the conviction that happiness is the test of all rules of conduct, and the end of life. But I now thought that this end was only to be attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object … Continue reading The Indirect Path to Happiness John Stuart Mill