A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
幸福
Happiness
Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.
幸福不是多年来艰苦奋斗和焦虑的辉煌顶点。这是一连串的小决定，简单地说，就是为了当下的快乐。
It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can.t
幸福总是值得逐条列出的，生活中还有那么多其他的事情，你最好在你能做得到的时候把幸福的标记写下来
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
一个普通人可以用两千本书把自己包围起来，这样，他在这个世界上就至少有了一个可以快乐的地方。
If you pursue happiness, you are an ordinary person. If happiness pursues you, you are an extraordinary person. Do not chase happiness; let it chase you.
如果你追求幸福，你就是一个普通人。如果幸福追求你，你就是一个不平凡的人。不追求幸福;让它追着你。
My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.
我的幸福必须来自我自己，否则它太脆弱了，对我毫无用处，对我所爱的人来说，它是一个沉重的负担。
Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk and touch more and to make eye contact more frequently.
笑不仅仅是一种愉快的活动……当人们一起笑的时候，他们更倾向于交谈和触摸，更频繁地进行眼神交流。
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. It is in this relationship that you set the standard for all others.
你所拥有的最强大的关系就是与自己的关系。正是在这段关系中，你为所有其他人设定了标准。
I believe there is a kind of happiness to be found in every thing in life, in all that is good and pleasing, as well as in that which is sad or poignant.
我相信，生活中的每一件事，无论是美好的、令人愉悦的，还是悲伤的、辛酸的，都有一种幸福。
But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control.
但格莱美奖并不是我可以太认真对待的事情。把我的幸福寄托在完全不受我控制的事情上是错误的。
The more I understand the mind and the human experience, the more I begin to suspect there is no such thing as unhappiness; there is only ungratefulness.
我对心灵和人类经历了解得越多，我就越开始怀疑不快乐这种东西是不存在的;只有忘恩负义。
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.
金钱是人类抽象的幸福;因此，他不再能够在物质上享受人类的幸福，他把自己完全奉献给了金钱。
The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
唯一能破坏一天的是人。人们总是幸福的有限者，除了极少数像春天一样美好的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.
人生苦短，不要把时间花在那些榨干你快乐的人身上。
All happiness depends on courage and work.
所有的幸福都取决于勇气和工作。
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
人生幸福的三大要素是有事可做，有事可爱，有事可盼。
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without also protecting yourself from happiness.
你不可能保护自己不悲伤，也不可能保护自己不快乐。
Wherever you are, you must be very happy; because I am fasting for your happiness forever.
无论你在哪里，你一定很快乐;因为我永远为你的幸福而禁食。
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
财富不在于拥有大量的财产，而在于拥有很少的欲望。