You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.
Interpretation
You have control over your own happiness and self-identity.
This quote emphasizes the idea that individuals are responsible for their own happiness and well-being. It suggests that the power to shape one's own life and emotional state lies within each person, highlighting the importance of self-ownership and personal agency in achieving true contentment.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire others to take charge of their happiness.
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
When wishes are few, the heart is happy. When craving ends, there is peace.
The pleasure of eating should be an extensive pleasure, not that of the mere gourmet. People who know the garden in which their vegetables have grown and know that the garden is healthy will remember the beauty of the growing plants, perhaps in the dewy first light of morning when gardens are at their best. Such a memory involves itself with the food and is one of the pleasures of eating. (pg. 326, The Pleasures of Eating)
Life is supposed to be fun. It's not a job or occupation. We're here only once and we should have a bit of a laugh.
We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day. I don't care if it's a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath - whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.
Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.
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