14-09-26 It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money,...

14-09-11 People living in more liberal countries are happier on average than those in less liberal countries, but individually, conservatives are happier than liberals no matter where they live, according to a study of people in 16 Western European countries...

14-07-31 Happiness is like a pebble（卵石） dropped into a pool to set in motion an ever-widening circle of ripples. As Stevenson has said, being happy is a duty. There is no exact definition of the word happiness. Happy people are happy for all sorts of rea...

14-07-31 The days that make us happy make us wise. -- John Masefield When I first read this line by England's Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much. I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But his sob...

14-07-24 What is happiness? Different people have different ideas. Some people are rich; they think they are happy. Other people have many friends, so they feel happy. Still others are happy because their lives are meaningful. Happiness attracts everyone. Fo...

14-07-19 Genetics could be the key to explaining nation's levels of happiness, according to research from the University of Warwick. Economists at the University's Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) have looked at why certain count...

14-05-15 Life is like a big swing, dangling（摇晃） between the depths of happiness and sadness. As soon as we descend down the slope of sadness, we accelerate over the ever-feel-good acclivity（向上的斜坡） of happiness. At times of distress, when we are do...

14-03-21 俗话说，金钱买不到幸福。但研究发现，经济上的安全感比健康的身体更能让人满足。随着经济上不安全感的消退，我们的幸福感也会逐渐增强。 Financial security is more important than good health in making people content, a study has found. Our happiness is grow...

14-03-14 Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.(Oliver Wendell Holmes) 爱情是打开幸福之门的万能钥匙。（奥利佛文德尔荷默斯） Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. (Voltaire) 爱情是一副以天性为画布、用想象创作...

14-02-14 福 blessing 禄 prosperity 寿 longevity 喜 happiness 财 wealth/money 吉 luck 德 virtue 和 harmony 爱 love 美 beauty...