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Happiness Quotes
"Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords."
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"Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak."
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"Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work."
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"Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit."
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"I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny."
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"The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world."
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"Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven."
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"I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable."
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"The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness."
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"To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for."
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"We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government."
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"Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year."
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"The older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be. I tend to walk a middle ground."
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"Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony."
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"It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there."
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"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
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"Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others."
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"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."
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"Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it."
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"Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all."
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"Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it."
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"It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed."
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"The history of your happiness is the history of your feeling connected."
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"Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition."
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"I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about."
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"It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors, or even our relations."
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"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."
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"Everyone wants to be happy, and there is a strong energy in us pushing us toward what we think will make us happy. But we may suffer a lot because of this. We need the insight that position, revenge, wealth, fame, or possessions are, more often than not, obstacles to our happiness. We need to cultivate the wish to be free of these things so we can enjoy the wonders of life that are always available - the blue sky, the trees, our beautiful children."
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