The Key to Happiness
English book, p. 333
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
The Key to Happiness So, it is not abundance that will give you happiness – only contentment. For my part, I can say that I am living in a state of happiness in the sense that I am contented. I believe that what I have is quite enough for me. This formula has given me an everlasting sense of fulfilment. I say of myself that I am the greatest ‘status quoist’. And it is having such a nature that has given me lasting contentment. Being a ‘status quoist’ is not a minus point in one’s personality. It is rather the greatest plus point. One who is a ‘status quoist’ is saved from all kind of distractions, and when you are saved from distractions, you have enough time to do all kinds of good things, for example, study, think positively, perform social service, and so on. Happiness is not simply a personal condition. Happiness is of great and far-reaching value. If you are unhappy, you are bound to live in a state of tension and stress, which is of no good either to yourself or anyone else. But if you are happy and are tension-free, you will have no stress, you will be free of pessimism and you will be able to reach out to other people. Then you will have a positive personality, and a positive personality is the greatest asset to human development.

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