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“When one does not find one’s repose in oneself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.” –La Rochefoucauld This reminds me of one of my very favorite quotations, Samuel Johnson’s remark, “As the Spanish proverb says, ‘He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.’” Agree, disagree? * Want …
“Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them; and a man has attained it when he enjoys what he loves and desires himself, and not what other people think lovely and desirable.” – La Rochefoucauld Along the same lines, one of my Secrets of Adulthood: Just because something is fun for someone else …
“Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.” –La Rochefoucauld This is a more poetic phrasing of a Secret of Adulthood: What’s fun for other people may not be fun for you — and vice versa. * A thoughtful reader in Denver sent …
