Diane Ackerman Quotes

I do not think I am successful just because I have money. I'm successful because I love who I am and I have no regrets, and I'm successful because I have a great heart and I have compassion and I care and I would be happy with or without money.

If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.

Today I am loving and kind to myself and others.

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.

you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart

It seems to me it would do us all good to act from our heart more often. We’ll be surprised how small acts of attention and kindness can release the energy, enthusiasm, and imagination bottled up in our overstressed minds and bodies.

I've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.

Happiness is so rarely a part of my vocabulary, because for me it's so fleeting

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.

What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of children, to the rainbow, and to the sorrow of man. Under every stone and leaf, that which is eternal exists.

Happiness, remarked Maury Noble one day, is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery.

The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Without order there can be no inner satisfaction. Without inner satisfaction there can be no freedom. Without freedom there is no joy.

Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering.

Not everyone wants to be happy

Contentment gives peace and joy in our minds and hearts, which is the reward of living God's way.

Gratitude not only encourages our hearts, it produces peace. And we could all use a little more peace these days.

Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.