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Happiness is a feeling we all recognize, yet define in our own unique ways. The quotes that follow explore happiness as a choice, a journey, and a series of small moments that shape our lives. Together, they invite us to reflect on what truly brings joy and how we can nurture it every day.   ◀ Back
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Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.
- Jeremy Bentham
The Panopticon Writings
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Topic: Happiness, Philosophical
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Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.
- Stephen Fry
The Fry Chronicles
Topic: Happiness
The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
- Jaggi Vasudev
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Topic: Happiness
Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling.” Her mother said. “But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. Once you accept the fact that every day is a new day to begin again, life becomes a much easier path to walk.
- Courtney Giardina
Holding on to Georgia
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another.
- Amit Ray
Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Cheer up and dry your damp eyes,
And tell me when it rains,
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you & shoot it through your veins...
'Cause your heart has a lack of color,
And we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later,
'Cause we wasted all our free time alone. <3
- Owl City
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
- Augustine Birrell
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
- Quentin Crisp
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.
- Stef Penney
The Tenderness of Wolves
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.
- Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.
- Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is the most tired word in any language.
- Erol Ozan
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Sometimes we assume that the new person in our life is better for us because they are totally different from the last person we dated. Only later do we see that we have chosen a different version of the same thing and they both leave us unsatisfied.
- Kristen Crockett
The Gift of Past Relationships
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is.
- Mandy Hale
The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness comes from righteous living and the development of a noble character. You can observe this by noticing that people who are truly happy are honest, unselfish, kind, responsible and have a high moral standards. On the other hand, unhappy people are invariably selfish, lazy, irresponsible and lacking of self discipline. And people who are miserable tend to be immoral, dishonest, greedy, cruel, or in other ways dark in character.
- Helen B. Andelin
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.
- Sri Swami Satchidananda
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Everyone who is not happy must be shot.
- John le Carré
The Little Drummer Girl
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is the best revenge
- Jacki Kane
Sass Mouth: Destiny is a Joke
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.
- Dick Francis
Reflex
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
- Roy Bennett
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.
- Gabrielle Bernstein
May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.
- Jeremy Bentham
The Panopticon Writings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Philosophical
NOT YET RATING ▼
Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.
- Stephen Fry
The Fry Chronicles
Topic: Happiness
The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
- Jaggi Vasudev
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling.” Her mother said. “But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. Once you accept the fact that every day is a new day to begin again, life becomes a much easier path to walk.
- Courtney Giardina
Holding on to Georgia
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another.
- Amit Ray
Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Cheer up and dry your damp eyes,
And tell me when it rains,
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you & shoot it through your veins...
'Cause your heart has a lack of color,
And we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later,
'Cause we wasted all our free time alone. <3
- Owl City
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
- Augustine Birrell
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
- Quentin Crisp
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.
- Stef Penney
The Tenderness of Wolves
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.
- Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.
- Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is the most tired word in any language.
- Erol Ozan
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Sometimes we assume that the new person in our life is better for us because they are totally different from the last person we dated. Only later do we see that we have chosen a different version of the same thing and they both leave us unsatisfied.
- Kristen Crockett
The Gift of Past Relationships
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is.
- Mandy Hale
The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness comes from righteous living and the development of a noble character. You can observe this by noticing that people who are truly happy are honest, unselfish, kind, responsible and have a high moral standards. On the other hand, unhappy people are invariably selfish, lazy, irresponsible and lacking of self discipline. And people who are miserable tend to be immoral, dishonest, greedy, cruel, or in other ways dark in character.
- Helen B. Andelin
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.
- Sri Swami Satchidananda
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Everyone who is not happy must be shot.
- John le Carré
The Little Drummer Girl
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is the best revenge
- Jacki Kane
Sass Mouth: Destiny is a Joke
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.
- Dick Francis
Reflex
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
- Roy Bennett
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.
- Gabrielle Bernstein
May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.
- Jeremy Bentham
The Panopticon Writings
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Philosophical
NOT YET RATING ▼
Those who rule the world get so little opportunity to run about and laugh and play in it.
- Stephen Fry
The Fry Chronicles
Topic: Happiness
The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
- Jaggi Vasudev
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Hearts will break and people will hurt you, darling.” Her mother said. “But when you let those people control your outlook on the life, you only allow them to have a greater hold on your happiness. Once you accept the fact that every day is a new day to begin again, life becomes a much easier path to walk.
- Courtney Giardina
Holding on to Georgia
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another.
- Amit Ray
Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Cheer up and dry your damp eyes,
And tell me when it rains,
And I'll blend up that rainbow above you & shoot it through your veins...
'Cause your heart has a lack of color,
And we should've known
That we'd grow up sooner or later,
'Cause we wasted all our free time alone. <3
- Owl City
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
- Augustine Birrell
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
- Quentin Crisp
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.
- Stef Penney
The Tenderness of Wolves
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.
- Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.
- Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man's Fear
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is the most tired word in any language.
- Erol Ozan
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Sometimes we assume that the new person in our life is better for us because they are totally different from the last person we dated. Only later do we see that we have chosen a different version of the same thing and they both leave us unsatisfied.
- Kristen Crockett
The Gift of Past Relationships
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happily Single" is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is.
- Mandy Hale
The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness comes from righteous living and the development of a noble character. You can observe this by noticing that people who are truly happy are honest, unselfish, kind, responsible and have a high moral standards. On the other hand, unhappy people are invariably selfish, lazy, irresponsible and lacking of self discipline. And people who are miserable tend to be immoral, dishonest, greedy, cruel, or in other ways dark in character.
- Helen B. Andelin
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one who brings happiness to others.
- Sri Swami Satchidananda
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Everyone who is not happy must be shot.
- John le Carré
The Little Drummer Girl
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is the best revenge
- Jacki Kane
Sass Mouth: Destiny is a Joke
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.
- Dick Francis
Reflex
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
- Roy Bennett
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.
- Gabrielle Bernstein
May Cause Miracles: A 40-Day Guidebook of Subtle Shifts for Radical Change and Unlimited Happiness
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
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