Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
Observe all men, thyself most.
- Topic: Awareness, Self
- Location: Capital Reef National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils that it creates.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.
When civil fury first grew high, and men fell out they knew not why.
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.
Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Being aware of a single shortcoming within yourself is far more useful than being aware of a thousand in someone else!
All limitations are self-imposed.
If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.
When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.
The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.
