Thinking makes it so

Lately (for more than a year, actually) the topic of “how and what I think about my own life” has taken up a lot of my thinking time. From an article about happiness, this comparison of different thinkers thinking about happiness resonated with me.

[F]rom Shakespeare: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” From Buddha: “Our life is the creation of our mind.”

via 7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of Happiness | Brain Pickings.