"Happiness is not synonymous with pleasure. It is, instead, a deeper emotion that originates from within. . . . Happiness results from a sense of mental and moral contentment with who we are, what we value, and how we invest our time and resources for purposes beyond ourselves."

-- David Shi

#Contentment Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“There's still a great hesitancy in the Irish make up about expressing feelings... it'd be nice to say I miss you, I love you, come home.”
“any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 14, 2015
“suppose you invest time and effort in designing a new image for yourself. You get home and your husband takes one look and screams, 'Was the other person hurt? I see you've been in a head-on collision.' ... Men hate any change.”

Source : Virginia Graham (1967). “Don't blame the mirror”
“a life is measured by moments like these”
“A monumental decision such as starting a family requires persuasive dissertations, licences, spreadsheets and field research. That's what I assumed until one night when we were lying in bed and, if I recall correctly, I asked Tracy if we were ready to have a family now, and she said sure. That was it.”

Source : Ryan Knighton (2010). “C'mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark”, p.9, Knopf Canada
“The cell was the first invention of the animal kingdom, and all higher animals are and must be cellular in structure. Our tissues were formed ages on ages ago; they have all persisted. Most of our organs are as old as worms. All these are very old, older than the mountains.”
“Even when I took first prize, topped the class, won the race, I never really won anything. I was merely avoiding the embarrassment of losing.”
“Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.”

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