Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.
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Eckhart TolleThe Power of Now (1997)
About Eckhart Tolle
German born spiritual teacher and author of The Power of Now. (b. 1948)
More from Eckhart Tolle
- Awareness is the greatest agent for change.A New Earth (2005)
- The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.The Power of Now (1997)
- If there is no joy, ease, or lightness in what you are doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how.The Power of Now (1997)
- You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge.A New Earth (2005)
- When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life.A New Earth (2005)
- The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.A New Earth (2005)
More quotes on happiness
- A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.Helen Keller
- When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.Helen Keller
- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.Dalai Lama
- This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.Dalai Lama
- Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.Dalai Lama
- Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.Desmond Tutu
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