We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?
You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.
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.
Happiness ... leads none of us by the same route.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Beingness, doingness and havingness are like a triangle where each side supports the others. They are not in conflict with each other. They all exist simultaneously. Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: They try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular.
Happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.
They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
Whoever is happy will make others happy.
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
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