If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month, get married.
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody else.
Buddhist monks and Zen practitioners have a proverb or saying on why there is no use in worrying. Worrying about something is pointless.
The Buddhist proverb on worrying:
“If you have a problem that can be fixed, then there is no use in worrying. If you have a problem that cannot be fixed, then there is no use in worrying.” – Buddhist proverb
The Zen saying on worrying:
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The Best Time to Plant a Tree Here is one of my favorite quotes. I find this proverb very inspiring in many ways.
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
What this quote means to me The message I get out of this is that it’s never to late to accomplish the things you want to accomplish.
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