“Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.” ~Tara Brach American psychologist and author Tara Brach was born on this day in 1953.

“Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.” ~Tara Brach American psychologist and author Tara Brach was born on this day in 1953.
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” ~Agnes Repplier American essayist Agnes Repplier was born on this day in 1855.
“Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.” ~Anne Brontë English novelist and poet Anne Brontë was born on this day in 1820.
“He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.” ~Olympia Brown American minister and suffragist Olympia Brown was born on this day in 1835.
“We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does.” ~Mary Gordon American writer Mary Gordon was born on this day in 1949.
“Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.” ~Rosamunde Pilcher British writer Rosamunde Pilcher was born on this day in 1924.
“You can make yourself happy or miserable—it’s the same amount of effort.” ~Ray Bradbury American author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury was born on this day in 1920.
“Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.”~Alice Meynell British writer, poet, editor, critic, and suffragist Alice Meynell was born on this day in 1847.
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.”~James M. Barrie Scottish novelist and playwright James M. Barrie was born on this day in 1860.
“Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.”~Agnes Martin American abstract painter Agnes Martin was born on this day in 1912.
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