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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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If you live with fear and consider yourself as something special then automatically, emotionally, you are distanced from others. You then create the basis for feelings of alienation from others and loneliness. So, I never consider, even when giving a talk to a large crowd, that I am something special, I am 'His Holiness the Dalai Lama' . . . I always emphasize that when I meet people, we are all the same human beings. A thousand people -- same human being. Ten thousand or a hundred thousand -- same human being -- mentally, emotionally, and physically. Then, you see, no barrier. Then my mind remains completely calm and relaxed. If too much emphasis on myself, and I start to think I'm something special, then more anxiety, more nervousness.
- Dalai Lama XIV
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
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There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy.
- Albert Camus
A Happy Death
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he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with.



i have to believe that’s a sign.
- John Green
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.
- Ruskin Bond
Lamp is Lit, Leaves From a Journal
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She was wearing her fuzzy pink hat and she was happy, which was so obnoxious. She'd become one of those people who waltzed through life without so much as a split end, and I was still one of those people who changed diapers for free but still got treated like a rented mule.
- Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Other Words for Love
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When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map.
The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . .
- Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.
- Kate DiCamillo
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What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need.
- George Alexiou
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When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. Each walk should be taken as if it is the only thing you have left. You can demand something like this of yourself as an unattainable ideal. After that, you have to remind yourself about it every time you're sloppy about something. For me that means 250 times a day.
- Peter Høeg
Smilla's Sense of Snow
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The secret to happiness is low expectations.
- Barry Schwartz
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How would your life be different if...You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day...You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play!
- Steve Maraboli
The Power Of One
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Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean.
- A.D. Posey
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It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.
- Margaret Bonanno
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The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.
- Andrew Weil
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Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life.
- Sharon Carter
Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
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Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
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Yesterday I was sad, today I am happy! Yesterday I had a problem, today I still have the same problem! But today I changed the way I look at it!
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Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? Or is it my sense of humour, my willingness to tease her, to joke my way into painful, secret places? Do I help her understand herself? Do I make her happy? Do I do something for her that her husband and son can't do? Has she fallen in love with me?

As the days pass and I continue to heal, my body knitting itself back together, I begin to allow myself to think that she has.
- Mohsin Hamid
Moth Smoke
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Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.
- Jennifer O'Neill
The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Sucess
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We need more than just the Law of Attraction. We need to connect with its more successful twin, the Law of Generosity. And further entwine ourselves with their parent; the Law of Love.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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Happiness is simply a temporary condition that proceeds unhappiness. Fortunately for us, it works the other way around as well. But it's all a part of the carnival, isn't it?
- Federico Fellini
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Happiness is not dependent on circumstances being exactly as we want them to be, or on ourselves being exactly as we’d like to be. Rather, happiness stems from loving ourselves and our lives exactly as they are, knowing that joy and pain, strength and weakness, glory and failure are all essential to the full human experience.
- Kristin Neff
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After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think.
- Guy de Maupassant
Une vie
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If you live with fear and consider yourself as something special then automatically, emotionally, you are distanced from others. You then create the basis for feelings of alienation from others and loneliness. So, I never consider, even when giving a talk to a large crowd, that I am something special, I am 'His Holiness the Dalai Lama' . . . I always emphasize that when I meet people, we are all the same human beings. A thousand people -- same human being. Ten thousand or a hundred thousand -- same human being -- mentally, emotionally, and physically. Then, you see, no barrier. Then my mind remains completely calm and relaxed. If too much emphasis on myself, and I start to think I'm something special, then more anxiety, more nervousness.
- Dalai Lama XIV
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy.
- Albert Camus
A Happy Death
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with.



i have to believe that’s a sign.
- John Green
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.
- Ruskin Bond
Lamp is Lit, Leaves From a Journal
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She was wearing her fuzzy pink hat and she was happy, which was so obnoxious. She'd become one of those people who waltzed through life without so much as a split end, and I was still one of those people who changed diapers for free but still got treated like a rented mule.
- Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Other Words for Love
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map.
The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . .
- Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.
- Kate DiCamillo
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need.
- George Alexiou
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. Each walk should be taken as if it is the only thing you have left. You can demand something like this of yourself as an unattainable ideal. After that, you have to remind yourself about it every time you're sloppy about something. For me that means 250 times a day.
- Peter Høeg
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The secret to happiness is low expectations.
- Barry Schwartz
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
How would your life be different if...You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day...You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play!
- Steve Maraboli
The Power Of One
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean.
- A.D. Posey
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.
- Margaret Bonanno
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.
- Andrew Weil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life.
- Sharon Carter
Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Yesterday I was sad, today I am happy! Yesterday I had a problem, today I still have the same problem! But today I changed the way I look at it!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? Or is it my sense of humour, my willingness to tease her, to joke my way into painful, secret places? Do I help her understand herself? Do I make her happy? Do I do something for her that her husband and son can't do? Has she fallen in love with me?

As the days pass and I continue to heal, my body knitting itself back together, I begin to allow myself to think that she has.
- Mohsin Hamid
Moth Smoke
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.
- Jennifer O'Neill
The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Sucess
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We need more than just the Law of Attraction. We need to connect with its more successful twin, the Law of Generosity. And further entwine ourselves with their parent; the Law of Love.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is simply a temporary condition that proceeds unhappiness. Fortunately for us, it works the other way around as well. But it's all a part of the carnival, isn't it?
- Federico Fellini
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is not dependent on circumstances being exactly as we want them to be, or on ourselves being exactly as we’d like to be. Rather, happiness stems from loving ourselves and our lives exactly as they are, knowing that joy and pain, strength and weakness, glory and failure are all essential to the full human experience.
- Kristin Neff
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think.
- Guy de Maupassant
Une vie
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you live with fear and consider yourself as something special then automatically, emotionally, you are distanced from others. You then create the basis for feelings of alienation from others and loneliness. So, I never consider, even when giving a talk to a large crowd, that I am something special, I am 'His Holiness the Dalai Lama' . . . I always emphasize that when I meet people, we are all the same human beings. A thousand people -- same human being. Ten thousand or a hundred thousand -- same human being -- mentally, emotionally, and physically. Then, you see, no barrier. Then my mind remains completely calm and relaxed. If too much emphasis on myself, and I start to think I'm something special, then more anxiety, more nervousness.
- Dalai Lama XIV
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy.
- Albert Camus
A Happy Death
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with.



i have to believe that’s a sign.
- John Green
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.
- Ruskin Bond
Lamp is Lit, Leaves From a Journal
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She was wearing her fuzzy pink hat and she was happy, which was so obnoxious. She'd become one of those people who waltzed through life without so much as a split end, and I was still one of those people who changed diapers for free but still got treated like a rented mule.
- Lorraine Zago Rosenthal
Other Words for Love
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map.
The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . .
- Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.
- Kate DiCamillo
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
What is given to you is what is needed; what you want, requires giving up what you don't need.
- George Alexiou
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. Each walk should be taken as if it is the only thing you have left. You can demand something like this of yourself as an unattainable ideal. After that, you have to remind yourself about it every time you're sloppy about something. For me that means 250 times a day.
- Peter Høeg
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The secret to happiness is low expectations.
- Barry Schwartz
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
How would your life be different if...You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day...You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play!
- Steve Maraboli
The Power Of One
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean.
- A.D. Posey
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.
- Margaret Bonanno
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.
- Andrew Weil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life.
- Sharon Carter
Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Respect? Of course, always, to all, because everything seems funnier when you're trying to show respect.
- Criss Jami
Killosophy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Yesterday I was sad, today I am happy! Yesterday I had a problem, today I still have the same problem! But today I changed the way I look at it!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And I ask myself what it is about me that makes this wonderful, beautiful woman return. Is it because I'm pathetic, helpless in my current state, completely dependent on her? Or is it my sense of humour, my willingness to tease her, to joke my way into painful, secret places? Do I help her understand herself? Do I make her happy? Do I do something for her that her husband and son can't do? Has she fallen in love with me?

As the days pass and I continue to heal, my body knitting itself back together, I begin to allow myself to think that she has.
- Mohsin Hamid
Moth Smoke
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.
- Jennifer O'Neill
The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Sucess
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We need more than just the Law of Attraction. We need to connect with its more successful twin, the Law of Generosity. And further entwine ourselves with their parent; the Law of Love.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is simply a temporary condition that proceeds unhappiness. Fortunately for us, it works the other way around as well. But it's all a part of the carnival, isn't it?
- Federico Fellini
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is not dependent on circumstances being exactly as we want them to be, or on ourselves being exactly as we’d like to be. Rather, happiness stems from loving ourselves and our lives exactly as they are, knowing that joy and pain, strength and weakness, glory and failure are all essential to the full human experience.
- Kristin Neff
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think.
- Guy de Maupassant
Une vie
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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