A book of bliss
Subtitle: thoughts to make you smile.
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Happiness -- Quotations, maxims, etc.; Conduct of life -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
Genres: Quotations, maxims, etc.
Table of contents: title: The quiet song of every soul creates a global symphony; title: Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come / Chinese proverb; title: No matter how old you are, look back on your life and recall all the good things, you'll realize how much you have to be thankful for; title: It is never too late to be what you might have been / George Eliot; title: Never underestimate a friend, for during tough times their love proves strongest; title: Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too / Thomas Fuller; title: Bliss is finding that twenty-dollar bill in your jeans pocket that you'd forgotten was there; title: There is no house like the house of belonging / David Whyte; title: Giving of yourself and not expecting anything in return brings joy to you and to others; title: Mental sunshine will cause the flowers of peace, happiness, and prosperity to grow upon the face of the earth. Be a creator of mental sunshine / graffiti on a wall in Berkeley, California; title: Enjoy the sounds of nature, they will bring you serenity; title: With each sunrise, we start anew / anonymous; title: Tea is great on its own, but it's infinitely better when coupled with a book; title: Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading / Ruth Rendell; title: Laughter with family and friends is a gift to yourself and to those you love; title: Nobody ever died of laughter / Max Beerbohm; title: The best thing about good friends is the way they make you feel like the best version of yourself; title: Laughter is the shortest distance between two people / Victor Borge; title: Be mindful of each glorious moment and savor the wealth of goodness in your life; title: The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do / James M. Barrie; title: Every dark rain shower leaves behind a chandelier of sunlit droplets; title: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light / Theodore Roethke; title: Being happy is a choice, one that is easily made and highly rewarding; title: He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast / Proverbs 15: 15; title: An act of love today will flow as a wave of peace through the future of mankind; title: World peace is us, we are each walking agents of the vision of peace we carry inside us / Kathleen Vande Keift; title: A baby's smile reawakens your belief in the innocence of youth; title: Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old / Franz Kafka; title: A great day begins and ends in happiness; title: Earth's crammed with heaven / Elizabeth Barrett Browning; title: Even if you can't see it, the sun is always shining; title: When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on / anonymous; title: Patience is a gift you give to others that returns to you in kind; title: Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are / Lao Tzu; title: Embrace life's passions, but seek lasting contentment; title: If you are content, you have enough to live comfortable / Plautus; title: Think about your favorite song, dream of driving down a country road on an Indian summer day as it plays on the radio, now, don't you feel good; title: Never be afraid to sit a while and think / Lorraine Hansberry; title: Be proud of yourself every day, there will always be a good reason; title: Everything that is done in the world is done by hope / Martin Luther; title: Take time to create something and share it with others, whether you make a meal, or paint a picture, you will be sharing a part of yourself; title: Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness / May Sarton; title: Carpe diem; title: Why not seize pleasure at once? how often is happines destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! / Jane Austen; title: Spend an afternoon near water, marvel at its music, presence, and adaptability; title: Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul / D.H. Lawrence; title: Autumn leaves and the smell of winter coming make it even better to sleep in on Saturday morning under a big pile of blankets; title: I like living, I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing / Agatha Christie; title: Pay compliments as often as possible, it will make both of you feel good.