Happiness Quotes - Page 115

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions.

The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.

To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise.

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.

The single most important principle I ever discovered is this: the goal or purpose of the Christian is precisely the pursuit of happiness - in God. The reason for this is that there is no greater way to glorify God than to find in Him the happiness that my soul so desperately craves.

Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl

You have a Happiness Switch in you that you can switch on at any time. All you have to do is stop switching it off in order to blackmail yourself or others.

Joy waits on welcome, not time.

The search for happiness is unlike any other search, for we search last in the likeliest places.

Nothing outside of ourselves will ever make us happy, because happiness is an inside-out experience.

Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.

Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into joy. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into joy!

In Hollywood, if you don't have happiness you send out for it.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Feelings are determined by how one chooses to respond to various situations and events.

Spread compassion all around you. Look around you - people are so unhappy, don't add to their unhappiness. Your compassion will lessen their unhappiness; just one word of compassion will lessen their unhappiness. Don't add to their unhappiness.

Enjoyment is just the sound of being centered.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.