I will follow my logic, no matter where it goes, after it has consulted with my heart. If you ever come to a conclusion without calling the heart in, you will come to a bad conclusion.
Robert Green IngersollRead
The way to be happy is to make others so.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from bringing joy to others.
This quote emphasizes the idea that personal happiness is deeply interconnected with the happiness of others. By focusing on making others happy, we enrich our own lives, creating a cycle of positivity and joy that benefits all involved.
In practice
In a motivational speech about community service, one might say this quote to inspire action.
I will follow my logic, no matter where it goes, after it has consulted with my heart. If you ever come to a conclusion without calling the heart in, you will come to a bad conclusion.
If the guardians of society, the protectors of 'young persons,' could have had their way, we should have known nothing of Byron or Shelley. The voices that thrill the world would now be silent.
The religion that has to be supported by law is without value, not only, but a fraud and a curse. The religious argument that has to be supported by a musket is hardly worth making.
There is no slavery but ignorance.
In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.
I believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to our duty as we know it - loyalty to the ideals of our brain and heart - is, to my mind, far greater and far nobler than loyalty to the life of any particular man or God. . . .
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
"You look how you look," "Be comfortable. What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
Joy & Satisfaction Show Up More Frequently & on Time when you have Passion
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