Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Generous joy

Here's a simple quote about something known as mudita - or sympathetic joy.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

-- Archibald Rutledge

It is the opposite of schadenfreude which is pleasure over the misfortune of others - a great evil, indeed.

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