Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
Agnes RepplierRead
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from within oneself rather than from external sources.
Agnes Repplier emphasizes the importance of internal happiness, suggesting that seeking fulfillment and joy externally is a futile endeavor. Instead, individuals must look within themselves to discover genuine happiness, indicating that self-awareness and self-acceptance are crucial components of emotional well-being.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-love and acceptance.
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
Who that has plodded on to middle age would take back upon his shoulders ten of the vanished years, with their mingled pleasures and pains? Who would return to the youth he is forever pretending to regret?
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included. It is the expression of happiness, of being in harmony with ourselves, that which can only come from being in harmony with God and with his creation. It belongs to the nature of joy to be radiant; it must communicate itself. The missionary spirit of the Church is none other than the impulse to communicate the joy which has been given.
In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.
Happiness is pure kitch; we come into the world to suffer and learn.
Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
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