“Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's.”
Source: The Impact of Science on Society
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“I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others.”
Source: Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria
“Be happy. It really annoys negative people.”
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
Source: As quoted in "Kate Bush Speaks" by Owen Myers in Fader (23 November 2016)
Context: I'm really very happy if people can connect at all to anything I do. I don't really mind if people mishear lyrics or misunderstand what the story is. I think that's what you have to let go of when you send it out in the world. I'm sure with a lot of paintings, people don't understand what the painter originally meant, and I don't really think that matters. I just think if you feel something, that's really the ideal goal. If that happens, then I'm really happy.
“People always think they know other people, but they don’t. Not really.”
Source: Going Bovine (2009), p. 178
Context: People always think they know other people, but they don’t. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won’t eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don’t know what their friends do in their rooms alone at night or what happened to them when they were kids or if they feel fucked up and sad for no reason at all.
“The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”