Happiness Quotes - Page 116

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.

I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.

When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

The language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.

The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

I feel now it's useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I've decided if I can make people laugh, I'm making a more important contribution.

Happiness and work rose up together with the sun, radiant like it.

An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes to a human being from any other experience.

‎Living in the moment means letting go of the past and not waiting for the future. It means living your life consciously, aware that each moment you breathe is a gift.

The secret to true happiness is low expectations and insensitivity.

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.

Happiness is less regulated by external circumstances than inward enjoyment. Whoever is happy in the satisfaction of himself feels imperturbable felicity; but he, who trusts entirely to the world for the disposition of his peace, must inevitably participate [in] many privations and disappointments.

I yearn for things, but at the same time I am just peaceful.

When we understand the best way to achieve all our goals is to assist others in achieving their goals, we will find the key to lasting happiness.

Would all, who cherish such wild wishes, but look around them, they would oftenest find their sphere of duty, of prosperity, and happiness, within those precincts, and in that station where Providence itself has cast their lot. Happy they who read the riddle without a weary world-search, or a lifetime spent in vain!

That pit of blackness that lies beneath us, everywhere ... the firmest substance of human happiness is but a thin crust spread over it, with just reality enough to bear up the illusive stage-scenery amid which we tread. It needs no earthquake to open the chasm.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile-smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all-do it for peace. So let us radiate peace...and extinguish in the world and in the hearts of all men all hatred and love for power.

Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for.

The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.

Happiness is the result of an attitude of mind. I believe you can build it out of small things.