To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
Interpretation
Cultivating happiness is key to a long and fulfilling life.
The quote by Malcolm Forbes emphasizes the importance of actively fostering happiness within oneself and sharing that positivity with others. It suggests that a vital component of a long and joyful life is the ability to not only seek happiness for oneself but also to radiate it outwardly, thus creating a ripple effect of joy and satisfaction in one's environment.
In practice
This quote can be shared in a wellness workshop to inspire attendees to focus on their inner happiness.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
Joy has come to live with me. How can I be sad? I do so love Thy presence, which is joy within me.
Little by little, even with other cares, the slowly but surely working poison of the garden-mania begins to stir in my long-sluggish veins.
Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
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