Happiness Quotes - Page 72

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays!

The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.

We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one's own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members of the same human family. The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

Happiness arises as a result of different causes and conditions. If you harm someone out of anger, you may feel some superficial satisfaction, but deep down you know it was wrong. Your confidence will be undermined. However, if you have an altruistic attitude, you’ll feel comfortable and confident in the presence of others.

When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.

The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.

The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.

Happiness ... leads none of us by the same route.

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's fingernails, a puppy's tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite's call, and a young girl's giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that.

If you pursue happiness you never find it.

When we do what is right, we have contentment, peace and happiness.

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.

If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.

At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, 'I was always happy.' Hopefully, we will be able to say, 'I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.'

If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him one of yours. ~

To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'T is folly to be wise.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.