Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.
The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.
Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.
If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can't just wait to see what kind of day you'll have. You have to decide what kind of day you'll have.
Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed even by the most uncomfortable circumstances. If you nurse hatred, however, you will not be happy even in the lap of luxury. Thus, if we really want happiness, we must widen the sphere of love. This is both religious thinking and basic common sense.
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.
I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you need to keep you happy. There's a lot more to being with someone than just love.
I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.
You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached.
Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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