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Happiness65 quotes
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous. — Pericles · 430 BCHe was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life. — James Joyce · 1915To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin · 1979Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go. — William Blake · 1805How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart. — Nikos Kazantzakis · 1946Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish. — Sigmund Freud · 1898All 65 quotes →Contentment6 quotes
He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life. — James Joyce · 1915Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. — Benjamin Franklin · 1790A 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. — Leo Tolstoy · 1859That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep. — Willa Cather · 1918True Happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise: it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. — Joseph Addison · 1711Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCSeeking happiness4 quotes
One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness? — Henrik Ibsen · 1881All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. — Eric Hoffer · 1955Letting go3 quotes
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. — Epictetus · 135One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCSadness3 quotes
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go. — William Blake · 1805There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. — Carl Jung · 1960You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. — Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005Seeking3 quotes
One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. — Eric Hoffer · 1955The human condition3 quotes
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go. — William Blake · 1805And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition. — Milan Kundera · 1984The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't to search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead. — Mr. Peanutbutter · 2014Yin and yang3 quotes
Who hath so entire happiness that he is not in some part offended with the condition of his estate? — Boethius · 524There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. — Carl Jung · 1960You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. — Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005Artistic development2 quotes
In order to be content men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers. — Albert Einstein · 1940Cultivate a well-ordered mind, it's your only road to happiness; and to reach it, be orderly in everything, even in the smallest details. — Eugene Delacroix · 1823Delusion2 quotes
Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. — Henrik Ibsen · 1884So you lie to yourself to be happy, there's nothing wrong with that, we all do it. — Teddy · 2000Freedom2 quotes
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous. — Pericles · 430 BCThe choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. — George Orwell · 1949Pleasure2 quotes
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. — Epicurus · 240Self-knowledge2 quotes
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. — Walter Benjamin · 1979It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how... And still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss. — Henry Miller · 1941The little things2 quotes
How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart. — Nikos Kazantzakis · 1946The happiness of life, on the contrary, is made up of minute fractions-the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1828The masses2 quotes
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. — George Orwell · 1949Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. — Henrik Ibsen · 1884Unhappiness2 quotes
All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. — Eric Hoffer · 1955Achievement1 quote
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933Bars1 quote
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by: a good tavern or inn. — Samuel Johnson · 1776Being carefree1 quote
He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life. — James Joyce · 1915Connecting with others1 quote
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. — George Sand · 1862Courage1 quote
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous. — Pericles · 430 BCDedication1 quote
Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. — Viktor Frankl · 1946Dignity1 quote
I would always rather be happy than dignified. — Charlotte Bronte · 1847Dissatisfaction1 quote
Who hath so entire happiness that he is not in some part offended with the condition of his estate? — Boethius · 524Dreams1 quote
If you're happy in a dream... does that count? — Arundhati Roy · 1997Europeans1 quote
You ask if they were happy. This is not a characteristic of a European. To be contented-that's for the cows. — Coco Chanel · 1990Fate1 quote
Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune. — Euripides · 438 BCFriends1 quote
True happinesse
Consists not in the multitude of friends,
But in the worth, and choice. — Ben Jonson · 1600Getting what you want1 quote
The eternal error men make in imagining that happiness consists in the gratification of their wishes. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877Going for it1 quote
Why not seize the pleasure at once?-How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! — Jane Austen · 1815