“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”

— Emily Dickinson · Happiness quote

Poet · 1830 – 1886

American poet whose nearly 1,800 poems, mostly unpublished in her lifetime, made her a central figure of American literature.

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I find ecstasy in living; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops at all.

Forever is composed of nows.

Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears — it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear.

By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.

Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.