A Quote by John Lubbock
Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances.
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It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness.
External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.
Happiness is a condition of the soul. This joyous state comes as a result of righteous living.
The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the most distressing of circumstances and most bitter environment.
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
As a person thinks, feels, and believes, so is the condition of his or her mind, body, and circumstances.
Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?
...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
As Aristotle said, happiness is not a condition that is produced or stands on its own; rather, it is a frame of mind that accompanies an activity. But another frame of mind comes first. It is a steely determination to do well.
Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.
Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
When mind, body, and spirit are in harmony, happiness is the natural result.
Meditation simply means entering into states of mind which are happiness, profound happiness, simple happiness, beautiful happiness, complicated, uncomplicated - There are ten thousand states of mind.
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