"Who is the happiest man? He who..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.
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“No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.”
“A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state.”
“Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.”
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“Happiness is unrepented pleasure.”
“The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness. This world is not perfect. There are problems. But things like happiness and unhappiness are relative. Realizing this gives you hope.”
“A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music - that would be rest.”
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“I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I was able to be re-elected and stay relatively popular in the United States was because even when the economy was bad or we had problems, people sensed that I listened to them and I was on their side.”
“Your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so that every joy becomes your joy and every pain your pain.”
“The whole idea of equal justice under law is completely incompatible with the idea of judges deciding cases according to "empathy".”