The Little Book Of Lykke Quotes

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.

We don't create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is, to welcome them.

Like most things, the more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. The first slice of cake: awesome. The fifth slice: not so good.

Stop regretting the past and fearing the future. Today is all you have. Make the most of it. Make it worth remembering.

a happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell on the future.

See experiences as an investment in happy memories and in your personal story and development.

We don’t create the meaning of our life, as Sartre claimed—we discover it.

appreciate the beauty of imperfection as an opportunity for growth.

Remember: Danes are direct descendants of Vikings, so we enjoy watching things burn: bonfires, candles, villages. It's all good.

A city is successful not when it’s rich but when its people are happy. Creating bikeability and walkability shows respect for human dignity. We’re telling people, ‘You are important—not because you’re rich, but because you are human.’ If people are treated as special, as sacred, even, they behave that way. We need to walk just as birds need to fly. Creating public spaces is one way to lead us to a society that is not only more equal but also much happier.

(P)sychologists at the new School for Social Research found that fiction books improve our ability to register and read others' emotions and, according to an article in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, research also shows that literary fiction enhances our ability to reflect on our problems through reading about characters who are facing similar issues and problems.

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transport. It is where the rich walk and where they use bikes. We should create cities where rich and poor meet as equals: in parks, on the sidewalks, on public transport.

Instead of searching for beauty in perfection, we should look for it in things that are flawed, incomplete.

Instead of worrying about the past or the future, we should appreciate things just as they are in the moment, in the now.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." - Reinhold Niebuhr

Take time to enjoy the journey toward your goal while also being mindful that achieving your goal will not fulfill you completely.

Only things that are imperfect, incomplete, and ephemeral can truly be beautiful, because only those things resemble the natural world.

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.

Just as worry often brings about precisely the thing that was feared, excessive attention to a desire (or “hyper-intention”) can keep that desire from being fulfilled.

七転び八起き Fall seven times, rise eight. — Japanese proverb

Keep going; don’t change your path.” そのままでいいがな

when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you.

What makes me proud to be part of the human race – with all our faults and failures – is our endless curiosity and imagination.

The most successful countries in the twenty-first century will be those that most efficiently turn wealth into well-being—and this also applies to the individual.

For the ambitious among us, once we reach our goal we soon formulate another to pursue. This is the hedonic treadmill. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy - and the hedonic treadmill spins faster with ambition. In other words, the downside to being ambitious is a constant sense of dissatisfaction with our achievements.

No people can be truly happy if they do not feel that they are choosing the course of their own life,” states the World Happiness Report 2012—and it also finds that having this freedom of choice is one of the six factors that explain why some people are happier than others.

The results of five experiments involving more than a thousand participants showed that reading literary fiction improves our ability to detect and understand other people's emotions. But it can't be any sort of fiction. The researchers distinguished between "popular fiction" (where the author leads you by the hand as a reader) and "literary fiction" (in which you must find your own way and fill in the gaps). Instead of being told why a certain character behaves as they do, you have to figure it out yourself. That way, the book becomes not just a simulation of a social experience, it is a social experience.

Expect the hedonic treadmill Take time to enjoy the journey towards your goal while also being mindful that achieving your goal will not fulfil you completely. Expect and understand that reaching your goal might make you happy - but only for a while. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy.

Life is pure imperfection, as the philosophy of wabi-sabi teaches us, and the passage of time shows us that everything is fleeting, but if you have a clear sense of your ikigai, each moment will hold so many possibilities that it will seem almost like an eternity.

Only staying active will make You want to a live a hundred years.

Can someone really retire if he is passionate about what he does?

Happiness is always determined by your heart.” しあわせはいつも自分の心がきめる.

[...] Get rid of the things that make you fragile We're taking the negative route for this exercise. Ask yourself: What makes me fragile? Certain people, things, and habits generate losses for us and make us vulnerable. Who and what are they? When we make our New Year's resolutions, we tend to emphasize adding new challenges to our lives. It's great to have this kind of objective, but setting "good riddance" goals can have an even bigger impact.

our wealth is not measured by the size of our bank accounts but by the strength of our bonds, the health of our loved ones, and the level of our gratitude. That happiness does not come from owning a bigger car but from knowing that we are part of something bigger—part of a community—and that we are all in this together.

the things we love are like the leaves of a tree: They can fall at any moment with a gust of wind. He also said that changes in the world around us are not accidental but rather form part of the essence of the universe

So perhaps we need to consider how to turn the idea of the pursuit of happiness into the happiness of the pursuit. People on a quest for something they find meaningful - whether that is building a boat or growing the perfect tomato - tend to be happier; they know that happiness is the by-product of the process and not a pot of gold at the finish line.

Life is not a problem to be solved. Just remember to have something that keeps you busy doing what you love while being surrounde by the people who love you

Walk slowly and you’ll go far

six factors: togetherness or sense of community, money, health, freedom, trust, and kindness.

He was simply someone in search of a new life’s purpose; as soon as he found it, his life took on deeper meaning.

The key is to accept that there are certain things over which we have no control, like the passage of time and the ephemeral nature of the world around us.

Bir şeylerin o kadar harika olmadığını kabul etmek iyidir ama olasılıklarla dolu bir dünyada şimdi ve burada olmanın bir ayrıcalık olduğunu asla unutmayın.

When we discover that our happiness does not rest on the foundation of money, we have found a true treasure.

Some of the best decisions we make come from that inner voice that says, "Why not?" That says, "Andiamo." So much disappointment arises from what is desired but not chosen.

I’m not sure how long Jean-Paul Sartre’s commute was, but it might have been where he first came up with the phrase “Hell is other people.

Taking a hit or two can be viewed as either a misfortune or an experience that we can apply to all areas of our lives, as we continually make corrections and set new and better goals.

Whether you look at the English word 'companion', the Spanish word 'companero' or the French 'copain', they all originate from the Latin 'com' and 'panis' meaning 'with whom one shares bread

[...] Get rid of the things that make you fragile We're taking the negative route for this exercise. Ask yourself: What makes me fragile? Certain people, things, and habits generate losses for us and make us vulnerable. Who and what are they? When we make our New Year's resolutions, we tend to emphasize adding new challenges to our lives. It's great to have this kind of objective, but setting "good riddance" goals can have an even bigger impact.

In an increasingly unpredictable world moving ever more quickly, a detailed map may lead you deep into the woods at an unnecessarily high cost. A good compass, though, will always take you where you need to go. It doesn’t mean that you should start your journey without any idea where you’re going. What it does mean is understanding that while the path to your goal may not be straight, you’ll finish faster and more efficiently than you would have if you had trudged along a preplanned route.

Csikszentmihalyi called this state "flow, and described it as the pleasure, delight, creativity, and process when we are completely immersed in life. There is no magic recipe for finding happiness, for living according to your ikigai, but one key ingredient is the ability to reach this state of flow and, through this state, to have an "optimal experience". In order to achieve this optimal experience, we have to focus on increasing the time we spend on activities that bring us to this state of flow, rather than allowing ourselves to get caught up in activities that offer immediate pleasure [...].

Veronica, after discovering that most women in prison in developing countries are incarcerated for poverty-related crimes, established the Copenhagen-based fashion label Carcel—which enables women in prison to turn wasted time into skills and paid jobs so they can support themselves, send their children to school, and save up for a new, crime-free beginning, in the hope, ultimately, of breaking the cycle of poverty and crime. Each product carries the name of the woman who made it and is manufactured inside women’s prisons that pay fair wages to the women to help them support themselves and their children.

Put yourself in the shoes of others and pick up some literary fiction. Go for books like To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, or The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Find social blenders that allow you to move beyond your normal social circles. Visit places that voted in the opposite end of the political spectrum from you. If you listen to people’s stories, you may find that you might have made some of the same choices if you had lived their life rather than yours. We are not so very different; we just had different starting points. And while it is easy to stop listening and dismiss people we disagree with as ignorant, as evil, and as the enemy, that will only lead us to misery. But perhaps if we listen we might learn that it is inequality, unfairness, and injustice that are the enemy and that empathy, trust, and cooperation are the way forward.

Freedom is organizing our lives so that our happiness does not depend on how much we earn.

Rituals give us clear rules and objectives, which helps us enter a state of flow. When we have only a big goal in front of us, we might feel lost or overwhelmed by it; rituals helps us by giving us the process, the substeps, on the path to achieving a goal

To live a long time you need to do three things: exercise to stay healthy, eat well, and spend time with people

We need randomness, mess, adventures, uncertainity, self-discovery, hear traumatic episodes, all these things that make life worth living.

Find ways to bring happiness to others through acts of kindness.

but I remember my dad telling me at a very early age that you should not focus on potential earnings when it comes to a job but on the satisfaction you would get from doing it. “You are going to spend a huge part of your life working—it should be something you enjoy.

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” To come at this from a different angle, schedule when you have to start a task—and when you have to finish it.

meetings are employees talking about work that they have done or work that they are going to do, and managers are people whose job it is to interrupt people. Both are killing our productivity.

I propose a new mandatory course for all university students. Every student in the class is squeezed into the smallest closet possible and they have to stand there for forty-five minutes without making eye contact with anyone. If you make eye contact, you fail. Then they are asked to move into an even smaller closet—in which they won’t all fit. If you don’t make it into the second wardrobe, you fail the course. I call it “Commuting 101.” I’m not sure how long Jean-Paul Sartre’s commute was, but it might have been where he first came up with the phrase “Hell is other people.

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?” What is certain is that having the freedom to choose what we do with our lives—feeling that we are the captain of our destiny—is linked to happiness.

Avem nevoie de mai multi creatori ai bunavointei, de eroi ai fericirii si de campioni ai schimbarii. Aceasta este perspectiva necesara careia i se poate alatura fiecare dintre noi. La felul in care merge lumea, unii ar putea-o numi speranta desarta - dar sperantele nu au fost nicodata desarte. Si nu uitati: nu are rost sa fim pesimisti, oricum nu functioneaza niciodata!

Great things sometimes have small beginnings.

O tara dezvoltata nu este aceea in care saracii au masini. Este aceea in care bogatii folosesc transportul in comun. Este aceea in care bogatii merg pe jos si folosesc bicicletele. Ar trebui sa cream orase in care bogatii si saracii se se intalneasca in postaura de egali: in parcuri, pe trotuare, in mijloacele de transport in comun.

Daca vrei sa construiesti o corabie, nu bate oamenii la cap sa stranga lemne si nu le da sarcini si nu-i pune la munca, ci fa-i, mai degraba, sa tanjeasca dupa marea indepartata, nesfarsita. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

Dezamagirile vietii sunt mai greu de indurat cand nu stii nicio injuratura.

Defalarca ne yapıyorsak oyuz. Bu yüzden mükemmellik bir eylem değil, bir alışkanlıktır.” (Aristoteles)

So perhaps we need to consider how to turn the idea of the pursuit of happiness into the happiness of the pursuit.

happiness is the by-product of the process and not a pot of gold at the finish line.

We should never forget that everything we have and all the people we love will disappear at some point. This is something we should keep in mind, but without giving into pessimism. Being aware of the impermanence of things does not have to make us sad; it should help us love the present moment and those who surround us.

Мы тратим деньги, которых у нас нет, на покупку вещей, которые нам не нужны, чтобы произвести впечатление на людей, которые нам не нравятся.

Bir dalgadan, diğer dalgayla kurtulmaya çalışırsak kendimizi sonsuz bir denizde buluruz.

Երջանիկ լինելու համար հարկավոր է ունենալ կյանքում անելու բան, սիրելու բան և հուսալու բան։

My, ludzie, jesteśmy szczęśliwsi, kiedy czujemy się związani z innymi. Oczywiście za tym, co nas uszczęśliwia, musi stać coś więcej niż tylko zaspokojenie tęsknoty za miłością, przyjaźnią i wspólnotą. Na pewno ludzie pragną gdzieś przynależeć, tylko często nie są pewni, jak to osiągnąć.

If we try to get rid of one wave with another, we end up with an infinite sea.

finding flow in the tasks you’ve chosen to do, eating in a balanced and mindful way, doing low-intensity exercise, and learning not to give in when difficulties arise. In order to do this, you have to accept that the world—like the people who live in it—is imperfect, but that it is still full of opportunities for growth and achievement.

One thing that everyone with a clearly defined ikigai has in common is that they pursue their passion no matter what. They never give up, even when the cards seem stacked against them or they face one hurdle after another.

Above all, he has to find his purpose, his reason for getting out of bed, his ikigai.

The more we have of something, the less happiness we derive from it. We continuously raise the bar for what we want or feel we need in order to be happy—and the hedonic treadmill spins faster with ambition. In other words, the downside to being ambitious is a constant sense of dissatisfaction with our achievements. What works well in Denmark is that enjoying a good quality of life does not have to cost a lot of money. If I lost my job and my savings, I would still be able to enjoy most of the same things I enjoy today. It is not only about how much money we make, it is also about what we do with the money we have. See experiences as an investment in happy memories and in your personal story and development. Our happiness has an impact on our health. A greater level of happiness predicts better future physical health. The biggest obstacles to happiness are feeling inferior or excluded. Some of the best decisions we make come from that inner voice that says, ‘Why not?’ You are likely to be more efficient if you have less time. Meetings are employees talking about work that they have done or work that they are going to do, and managers are people whose job it is to interrupt people. Both are killing our productivity.

In materialistic terms, Marcus Aurelius might have been right in saying that “a man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions,” but perhaps he overlooked the fact that a man’s worth does not equal his well-being.

... people have stopped thinking of themselves only as customers and have begun to act as citizens.

So, I think the key lesson from the Danish way of living when it comes to health is to build movement into your daily routine.

A city is successful not when it’s rich but when its people are happy. Creating bikeability and walkability shows respect for human dignity. We’re telling people, ‘You are important—not because you’re rich, but because you are human.’ If people are treated as special, as sacred, even, they behave that way. We need to walk just as birds need to fly. Creating public spaces is one way to lead us to a society that is not only more equal but also much happier.” The words are those of Guillermo Peñalosa, whom I met at a conference

Take the scenic route. There are apps (try Kamino and Field Trip) that will tell you not the fastest route but the prettiest.

Shinrin-yoku literally translates to “forest bathing,” or taking in the atmosphere of the forest, and refers to soaking up the sights, smells, and sounds of a natural setting to promote physiological and psychological health.

The biggest obstacles to happiness are feeling inferior or excluded.

The more people we have with whom we can talk about personal matters, the happier we are.