Happiness Quotes - Page 44

A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the way of the best happiness.

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.

If you want something, go get it. Period.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Happiness is a continuous creative activity.

All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

It's not about facts, it's about feelings. It's about remembering feelings and happiness. A definition of art is that it makes concrete our most subtle emotions. I think the highest form of art is music. It's the most abstract of all art expression.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.

Talk therapy turns hysterical misery to mundane unhappiness.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

Allow yourself to trust joy and embrace it. You will find you dance with everything.

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, “Mr. Stupid, why risk everything on one trade? Why not make your life a pursuit of happiness rather than pain?

Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.