Happiness Quotes
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The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness.
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Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above; Ask of the great sun what is light; Ask what is darkness of the night; Ask sin of what may be forgiven; Ask what is happiness of heaven; Ask what is folly of the crowd; Ask what is fashion of the shroud; Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss; Ask of thyself what beauty is.
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The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie buried there too, I have not made a coffin of my heart, and sealed it up for ever on my best affections. Deep affliction has only made them stronger; it ought, I think, for it should refine our nature.
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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Create enterprise, live on your own terms, and you’ll find the key to happiness.
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Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.
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The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.
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Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.
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So in every individual the two trends, one towards personal happiness and the other unity with the rest of humanity, must contend with each other.
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Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do?
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Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people.
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Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.
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[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
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Happiness need not be analyzed.
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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
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Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
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For in the sorrow, there is also our happiness.
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Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.
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Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty and property better secured, or happiness more effectually dispensed to mankind.
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So this is happiness, that journeyman.
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I hope death will be a great happiness, a happiness as great as that of love, fulfilled love.
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Happiness is not found, it is created. Happiness does not depend on all that we lack, but on the way in which we use all that we have.
