Principles of Happiness

Sharing aphorisms on the true meaning of happiness and the means to attain it.

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Explore the meaning of #Happiness and the means to attain it, based on distillations of centuries-old wisdoms from past philosophers and thinkers.

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"#Always do the #right #thing, be the #best person as you can, and focus on things within your realm of #control."
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"One who #truly knows himself realizes his #small #worth relative to the whole #humankind, and thus the #irrelevance of #pride to him."
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"Strive to earn #sufficient #wealth, but beware the traps of superfluous, i.e. #excess, wealth."
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"Develop a sense of #empathy, #humility and #gratitude to #fight #envy (the most potent cause of #unhappiness)."
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"Learn to #control #anger. Seek proper #justice, or #forgive to avoid transforming anger to #hatred."
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"Avoid #talking too much, #cursing, making false promise, #lying, #slandering and #backbiting."
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"Excess in the #sexual urge overpowers #reason."
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"Consume #food only up to a point where one feels free from hunger and does not feel heavy on the stomach. "
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"We need to be able to recognize #vices, the causes of #bad actions, to really #notice and #watch these inside ourselves just as they happen, and then know how to start getting #rid of them."
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"The #pursuit of #happiness requires breaking the #vicious cycle of #bad actions and enhancing the #virtuous cycle of #good actions."
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"#Happiness is the net effect of the #soul from the #virtuous and #vicious cycles of #good and #bad actions, respectively."
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"Character is an established state of the inner #soul from which actions proceed seamlessly without much need for #reflection and #deliberation."
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"The key to #happiness is #good #character that consistently perform good actions effortlessly."
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"Our actions that lead to #negative consequences on ourselves and/or others #prevent #happiness."
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"Our actions that lead to #positive consequences on ourselves and/or others #promote #happiness."
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"#Happiness is an #eternal feeling of personal #contentment i.e. living in #blissful moments every second in our lives."
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[Principles of Happiness @Heppi247]

"#Always do the #right #thing, be the #best person as you can, and focus on things within your realm of #control."
#BeHappy 💙

[Principles of Happiness @Heppi247]

"One who #truly knows himself realizes his #small #worth relative to the whole #humankind, and thus the #irrelevance of #pride to him."
#BeHappy 💙

[Principles of Happiness @Heppi247]

"Strive to earn #sufficient #wealth, but beware the traps of superfluous, i.e. #excess, wealth."
#BeHappy 💙

[Principles of Happiness @Heppi247]

"Develop a sense of #empathy, #humility and #gratitude to #fight #envy (the most potent cause of #unhappiness)."
#BeHappy 💙