We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. ~ William Ralph Inge (en Place Saint-Michel)
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. ~ John Barrymore (en Hauptkirche St. Petri)
It’s a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. ~ Albert Camus (en Bolsa de Madrid)
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ~ Alexandre Dumas (en Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore)
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy. ~ Jim Rohn (en Torres dels Serrans)
“Naked lions are just as dangerous as elegantly dressed ones” ~ Susan Cain (en Chiesa dei Santi Luca e Martina)
Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices. ~ John Sununu (en Ara Pacis Augustae)
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~ Nelson Mandela (en Monumento a la Independencia)