Life is a strange business. Happy is the man who is nothing
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
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Some of the simple, profound and yet powerful enlightening quotes from the book "Happy is the Man who is Nothing" by Jiddu Krishnamurti. As stated by Pupul Jayakar in this book it is the compilation of the letters written to a young friend who came to him wounded in body and mind. Letters written between 1948-1960.
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Happy the man, and Happy he alone,
He who can call to-day his own,
He who, is secure within can say,
Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.
The wise man, Chrysippus said, lacks nothing but needs a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
The wise ma...
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“There’s something wrong with me if I’m not happy all the time”
There is nothing wrong with you if you aren’t happy all the time. No one can be happy all the time. In fact, a temporary feeling of giddiness or being high on life is often mistaken for happiness.
True happiness is more of an inner peace thing.
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