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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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The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.
- Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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If you write it down, you can make it happen.
- Staness Jonekos
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A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
- Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed
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I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.
- Alan Bennett
The History Boys
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Money can't buy happiness, but it certainly is a stress reliever.
- Besa Kosova
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Insight allows us to understand ourselves, value others, and comprehend the world. It forms the foundation for love and happiness. (“Love, Happiness, and Insight”)
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Be Sure To Notice When You're Happy
- Brenda Farrar-Ejemai
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Paul’s last grain of hope falling to the ground below him.
- Molly Arbuthnott
Peanut the Hamster
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Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun. 
- Douglas Weissman
Life Between Seconds
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Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
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The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.
- J.M. Coetzee
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We can't be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.
- Alexandra Elle
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I enjoy the wild things,
Call me at 3 am and tell me you're waiting at my door. Give me sunsets in different cities and road trips on dirt tracks not sighted on maps.
Whiskey for breakfast & cheap thrills for dinner.
Give me happiness in a smile and nothing of certainty but the way we make eachother feel.
There so much life in living while you're alive & id give absolutely anything to have it all with you.
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In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.
- Erol Ozan
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Sofia couldn’t afford to live on faith any longer. It ended up hurting too much.  
- Douglas Weissman
Life Between Seconds
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Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.
- Shan Sa
The Girl Who Played Go
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Not all boats which sail into darkness never find the sun again, or the hand of another child; if life teaches anything at all, it teaches that there are so many happy endings that man who believes there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question.
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Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you’re unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!
- Faraaz Kazi
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Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness - if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you'd not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.
- Dan Millman
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
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If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.
- Aaron Lauritsen
100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
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Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination to be utterly happy all the time. Perhaps even in this we were freaks. Hi ho.
- Kurt Vonnegut
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
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Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. Unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. We are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. The suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful to us than any other.
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And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.
- Robert Nozick
The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations
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Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take ... You don't want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person."

"That's true. That's the truest thing you ever said."

"All right. I can respect that. Only you've got to play the game. Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it."

"But I don't want any situation. I want to be left in peace.
- Dorothy L. Sayers
Have His Carcase
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The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.
- Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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If you write it down, you can make it happen.
- Staness Jonekos
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A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
- Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed
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I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.
- Alan Bennett
The History Boys
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Money can't buy happiness, but it certainly is a stress reliever.
- Besa Kosova
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Insight allows us to understand ourselves, value others, and comprehend the world. It forms the foundation for love and happiness. (“Love, Happiness, and Insight”)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Be Sure To Notice When You're Happy
- Brenda Farrar-Ejemai
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Paul’s last grain of hope falling to the ground below him.
- Molly Arbuthnott
Peanut the Hamster
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun. 
- Douglas Weissman
Life Between Seconds
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.
- J.M. Coetzee
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We can't be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.
- Alexandra Elle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I enjoy the wild things,
Call me at 3 am and tell me you're waiting at my door. Give me sunsets in different cities and road trips on dirt tracks not sighted on maps.
Whiskey for breakfast & cheap thrills for dinner.
Give me happiness in a smile and nothing of certainty but the way we make eachother feel.
There so much life in living while you're alive & id give absolutely anything to have it all with you.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.
- Erol Ozan
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Sofia couldn’t afford to live on faith any longer. It ended up hurting too much.  
- Douglas Weissman
Life Between Seconds
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.
- Shan Sa
The Girl Who Played Go
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Not all boats which sail into darkness never find the sun again, or the hand of another child; if life teaches anything at all, it teaches that there are so many happy endings that man who believes there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you’re unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!
- Faraaz Kazi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness - if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you'd not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.
- Dan Millman
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.
- Aaron Lauritsen
100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
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Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination to be utterly happy all the time. Perhaps even in this we were freaks. Hi ho.
- Kurt Vonnegut
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. Unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. We are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. The suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful to us than any other.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.
- Robert Nozick
The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take ... You don't want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person."

"That's true. That's the truest thing you ever said."

"All right. I can respect that. Only you've got to play the game. Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it."

"But I don't want any situation. I want to be left in peace.
- Dorothy L. Sayers
Have His Carcase
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.
- Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you write it down, you can make it happen.
- Staness Jonekos
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
- Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.
- Alan Bennett
The History Boys
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Money can't buy happiness, but it certainly is a stress reliever.
- Besa Kosova
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Insight allows us to understand ourselves, value others, and comprehend the world. It forms the foundation for love and happiness. (“Love, Happiness, and Insight”)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Be Sure To Notice When You're Happy
- Brenda Farrar-Ejemai
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Paul’s last grain of hope falling to the ground below him.
- Molly Arbuthnott
Peanut the Hamster
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Peter loved to hear the story of how his father tried to steal the sun. 
- Douglas Weissman
Life Between Seconds
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.
- J.M. Coetzee
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We can't be so desperate for love that we forget where we can always find it; within.
- Alexandra Elle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I enjoy the wild things,
Call me at 3 am and tell me you're waiting at my door. Give me sunsets in different cities and road trips on dirt tracks not sighted on maps.
Whiskey for breakfast & cheap thrills for dinner.
Give me happiness in a smile and nothing of certainty but the way we make eachother feel.
There so much life in living while you're alive & id give absolutely anything to have it all with you.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.
- Erol Ozan
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sofia couldn’t afford to live on faith any longer. It ended up hurting too much.  
- Douglas Weissman
Life Between Seconds
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out.
- Shan Sa
The Girl Who Played Go
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Not all boats which sail into darkness never find the sun again, or the hand of another child; if life teaches anything at all, it teaches that there are so many happy endings that man who believes there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you’re unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!
- Faraaz Kazi
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness - if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you'd not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.
- Dan Millman
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you didn't earn something, it's not worth flaunting.
- Aaron Lauritsen
100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination to be utterly happy all the time. Perhaps even in this we were freaks. Hi ho.
- Kurt Vonnegut
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Our possibilities of happiness are already restricted by our constitution. Unhappiness is much less difficult to experience. We are threatened with suffering from three directions: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations to other men. The suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful to us than any other.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the depth.
- Robert Nozick
The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take ... You don't want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person."

"That's true. That's the truest thing you ever said."

"All right. I can respect that. Only you've got to play the game. Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it."

"But I don't want any situation. I want to be left in peace.
- Dorothy L. Sayers
Have His Carcase
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