The Harvard Study of Adult Development, which is almost 80 years old, shows that close relationships are what keep people happy throughout their lives, more so than money or fame. This was true across the control and test groups. These relationships help to delay mental and physical decline, and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ, or even genes. (http://bit.ly/2DcLwEB)
happiness
Different men seek … happiness in different ways and by different means!!!
“Different men seek … happiness in different ways and by different means.” – Aristotle
Knowledge of what his possible is the beginning of happiness!!!
“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.” – George Santayana
But happiness is no respecter of persons!!
“But happiness is no respecter of persons.” – Stephen Fry
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness!!!
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seek happiness for others to find happiness!!!
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
– Martin Luther King
Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors!!!
“The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory!!!
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”
– Albert Schweitzer
All things that could go wrong???
“Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”
– Marianne Williamson
….be not fearful of unhappiness!!!
“Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.” – Lao Tzu