HAPPINESS See also: Joy | 快樂 |
A man may be satisfied but not sanctified, contented
but not converted, happy but not holy. 一個人可能滿意但並不聖潔,滿足卻沒有得救,快樂卻不聖潔。 |
Superficial happiness
without spiritual holiness in one of hell's major exports. 缺乏屬靈聖潔的膚淺快樂是地獄最大宗的輸出品。 |
Man wishes to be happy even when he lives so as to
make happiness impossible. Augustine 縱使活在根本不可能快樂的地方,人還是希望能夠快樂。 |
Happiness is not the end of
life; character is. Henry Ward Beecher 快樂不是生活的目標,而是生活的特徵。 |
The way of holiness that leads to happiness is a
narrow way; there is but just room enough for a holy God and a holy soul to walk together. Thomas Brooks 領至快樂的聖潔道路是條窄路;只容得下聖潔的上帝與聖潔的人同行。 |
The secret of happiness is
renunciation. Andrew Carnegie 快樂的秘訣就是克制自己。 |
A happy man is he that knows the world and cares not
for it. Joseph Hall 一個快樂的人是瞭解世界卻不為之所擾的人。 |
God cannot give us happiness
and peace apart from himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C. S. Lewis 若是離開上帝,縱使上帝也無法給我們喜樂及平安,因為沒有上帝的地方就沒有喜樂及平安。 |
If you're not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't
want to go there. Martin Luther 如果天堂禁止歡笑,那我可不想去那裡。 |
Happiness is neither within
us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God. Blaise Pascal 快樂既非在我裡面亦非在我外面;而是在我們與上帝合一之中。 |
Searching for true happiness in the context of a
godless life is like looking for a needle in a haystack that doesn't have any. W. T. Pukiser 在沒有上帝的環境尋找快樂就像是在沒有藏針的大草堆裡找一根針。 |
He who forgets the language
of gratitude can never be on speaking terms with happiness. C. Neil Strait 忘記感恩言語的人永不會說出充滿喜樂的話語。 |
Sow holiness and reap happiness. George Swinnock 撒下聖潔種子,收割快樂果實。 |
There is no happiness out of
God. John Wesley 上帝之外毫無快樂。 |
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's
something you remember. Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972) 幸福並不是你經歷過的事情,而是你記得的事情。 |
One of the keys to happiness
is a bad memory. Rita Mae Brown 得到幸福的一把鑰匙就是健忘。 |
Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are
loved. Victor Hugo, Les Miserables, 1862 生命最大的幸福就是知道被愛。 |
The foolish man seeks
happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. James Oppenheim 愚人在遠處尋找幸福,智者在腳前種植。 |
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness;
poverty and wealth have both failed. Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930) 實在很難說如何得到幸福;因為貧窮及富足都做不到。 |
Do not speak of your
happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD) 別向比你不幸的人高談你的幸福。 |
Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a
destination. Roy M. Goodman 要記得,幸福是旅行的道路 - 不是終點。 |
The only failure is not
knowing how to be happy. Celing Dion 不懂快樂之道才是真失敗。 |
Happiness, like an old friend, is inclined to drop
in unexpectedly - when you're working on something else. Ray Inman 快樂猶如老朋友,往往在你忙於做別的事情時突然到訪。 |