1The Four Levels of Happiness © May 2014 Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. Magis Center of Reason and Faith Introduction Aristotle noted at the beginning of the Nicomachean Ethics that happiness is the one thing you can choose for itself — everything else is chosen for the sake of hap...
This chapter discusses the four sources of happiness. First of all, one has to find honest employment to be happy. Hard work and entrepreneurship offer the opportunity to create surplus wealth. Money in the bank gives a real sense of security as well as freedom to do what one wants to do...
The simple formula of the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can sum up an alternative feeling of happiness. When we complain about the unfairness of life, bad work or bad feelings, try to use this formula to add, subtract, multiply and divide a bit, maybe ...
Lan said, there are four realms of life. First, the world; second, saints; third, fame and fortune; fourth, naturally. We are all different people, all living in a third realm, so the pursuit of happiness will inevitably tend to the material level. ...
5 I underscore that all the face creams, physical workouts, dietary fads, Prozac capsules and meditation regiments in the world aren't going to make their lives, their bodies, or their mental state much better. In fact, they often hamper happiness by distracting f...
读过The Conquest of Happiness 书名: The Conquest of Happiness 作者: Bertrand Russell 页数: 200 出版社: Routledge 出版年: 2006-2-1 超多读书笔记 Chapter 1: what makes people unhappy? Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud if the fact. ...
And when the screen is only a little less, folded in two, instead of four, and you can be hidden behind the cover of the two boards that bind a book, and listen, all day long, not to the casual talk, but to the studied, determined, chosen addresses of the wisest of men;—this ...
and Africa and Austral-Asia will be dominated by conquerors. And let us remember that the total of those populations in those four continents, the total of those populations and their resources greatly exceed the sum total of the population and the resources of the whole of the Western Hemisphe...
While helping others, we achieve happiness and enjoy life. To be ready to help others, we should take positive action, being no man of words. We ought to be down-to-earth, serve others warmly and considerately, and get started bit by bit even for a minor matter. 52.蜡染(wax printing...
be a tall story, but according to David Robson, writing for BBC Future, “on the basis of first impressions alone, taller people may have the edge.” He adds that various studies have found that the greater your height, the higher you score on measures of happiness and enjoyment of life...