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😊 Happiness
“Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself.”
Spinoza equates happiness directly with virtuous living.
“Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
— Baruch Spinoza
“I am that I am.”
“To understand everything is to forgive everything.”
“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
“Peace is not an absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence.”
“Nature does nothing in vain.”
“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
— Socrates
“The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
— Confucius
“What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.”
— Sappho
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“True happiness arises from the good use of all the powers of the soul applied to good objects.”
— François Fénelon
“Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man; the sage is one who also acts rightly.”
— Seneca
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions.”
— John Rawls
