The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends. Votes: 1
Having a loving relationship with our spouse or with our children is what leads to the long-term happiness we all seek. Votes: 1
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Votes: 1
The only way for us to have long-term happiness is to live by our highest ideals. Votes: 0
Life will only make sense; and can only produce long-term happiness, peace and joy when embraced from the perspective of the soul. Votes: 0
I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. Votes: 0
Your long-term happiness and fulfillment depend on your ability to fulfill your soul's unique purpose and to fill the place in the world that only you can fill, making the contribution that only you can make.
I allow myself to have my feelings of disappointment and discouragement, but never to sit and wallow in them. I meditate on positive energy, goals, and long-term happiness. Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.
The nature of the mind is such that if certain mental qualities are developed on a sound basis, they not only remain, but they also increase. In fact, once properly developed, the mind's good qualities eventually increase indefinitely. Therefore spiritual practice brings us long-term happiness and inner strength.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Votes: 12 Ernest Hemingway
I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Votes: 4 Edgar Allan Poe
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. Votes: 6 Charles Darwin