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Happiness Quotes
"I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the flowers of summer that drop fanlike petals on eternal soil. Overall, I was happiest to be alone; for it was then I was most aware of what I possessed. Free to look out over the rooftops of the city. Happy to be alone in the company of friends, the company of lovers and strangers. Everything, I decided, in this life, was pure pleasure."
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"A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted."
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"In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world."
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"The light within us dances when we smile."
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"I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness."
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"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness."
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"To be happy we must not be too concerned with others."
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"Your commitment to your happiness and well-being serves our entire world in powerful ways. Stay committed.You change our world for the better by changing your world for the better."
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"I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness."
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"Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here."
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"That is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you've got to do."
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"Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources."
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"Sympathetic joy is a practice. It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that most of us have learned along the way, the idea that happiness is a competition, and that someone else is grabbing all the joy."
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"Happiness is not a thing - it is a feeling, a way of joyful living and being. It comes from inner fulfilment and appreciating the world you live in."
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"If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give."
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"Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them."
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"Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour."
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"The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding."
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"I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now."
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"Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom."
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"The moment that you give gratitude is the moment that you find happiness. The moment that you lose gratitude your happiness will vanish and slip through your fingers."
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"It's okay, I tell her."It is okay to be happy."
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"Happiness is not the victory, success or accomplishment; it is what happens at the end of the day?"
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"Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things."
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"Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!"
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"Happiness lies with us only. Desire for experiencing interactive pleasure is because of the association with the ignorance (of the Self). The one who does not have such association, he will 'realize' true happiness."
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"Drizzle happiness wherever you go."
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"The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches."
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"Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found."
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"Spread kindness, caring, and compassion and create your own paradise. Infuse it with joy and you've created heaven on earth."
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"The hidden keys of true happiness are individual responsibility and an incessant quest for joy."
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