“The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.”
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
One of the my favorite people of all time to find timeless tips from must be the always witty and perceptive Mark Twain.
Twain was an American lecturer, satirist, humorist and the author of classic books like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
And this week I’d like to share 7 of my favorite tips from him for living both a simpler life but also a more successful one.
I hope you’ll find these tips and strategies as helpful as I’ve found them to be over the years.
“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.”
“Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.”
Back in the old days, when movies were shot in black and white – and later on too – Audrey Hepburn was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Not only did she win an Oscar for “Roman Holiday”, she was also an ambassador for UNICEF and she’s a timeless fashion icon.
This week I’d like to share three of my favorite tips from Hepburn for living a happy life.
“Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.”
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
About 2500 years ago there lived a man called Confucius.
He was a Chinese philosopher and thinker and has had a big influence on life and thought systems in countries like China, Korea and Japan for a long, long time. His teachings became what we call Confucianism.
And today I’d like to share 7 of my favorite happiness tips from him.
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
One the best things when I was a kid was to go down to the local used books store with my weekly allowance in hand.
I’d buy all kinds of things. Among them my favorite monthly comic book that collected all these odd and hilarious comics from all around the world.
And one of them was Calvin and Hobbes. I didn’t always understand it, Calvin and Hobbes had strange and serious thoughts mixed in with the crazy and imaginative adventures of the small boy and his best friend.
I still return to their adventures from time to time.
And the things I didn’t quite understand back then make more sense today.
So this week I’d like to share 5 of my favorite thought-provoking, witty and happifying tips from Calvin and Hobbes.
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama
Happiness in life can come from many things.
From how meaningful you find your work to be. From a hobby you can get lost in for hours. Or from just being with the natural world around you and appreciating the warming spring rays of sun.
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”
“The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”