“Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion and treat themselves accordingly. ”

“When you're trying to motivate yourself, appreciate the fact that you're even thinking about making a change. And as you move forward, allow yourself to be good enough.”

“if i can't have / what i want then / my job is to want / what i've got / and be satisfied / then at least there / is something more to want”

“The pathway to your best life isn't the route of denial. It's owning every moment. Staking a claim in right now.”

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”

“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”

“There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”

“Your home should be the antidote to stress, not the cause.”

“Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.”

“This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they’ll take me.”

“Life has its pains and evils—its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing the World, the most interesting of continued stories, unfold...”

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”

“Our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.”

“What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union.”

“Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.”

“Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead.”

“Don't ever confuse—your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.”

“We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of the world.”

“Feeling grateful to or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.”

“Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often, finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar things in new ways.”