Quotes About Happiness

DüÅŸünmemekte hoÅŸ bir hayat vard?r. -Sophokles, Aias

Akl? ba??nda ki?i ho? olan?n de?il, ac? vermeyenin pe?indedir. -Aristoteles, Nikomakhos

Ba?kas?n?n mutlu olmas? seni rahats?z ediyorsa asla mutlu olamazs?n. -Seneca, De ira

There is only one inborn error, and that is the notion that we exist in order to be happy….So long as we persist in this inborn error, and indeed even become confirmed in it through optimistic dogmas, the world seems to us full of contradictions.

Nicht was die Dinge objektiv und wirklich sind, sondern was sie für uns, in unserer Auffassung, sind, macht uns glücklich oder unglücklich.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Therefore, without doubt, the happiest destiny on earth is to have the rare gift of a rich individuality, and, more especially to be possessed of a good endowment of intellect; this is the happiest destiny, though it may not be, after all, a very brilliant one.

Es difícil encontrar la felicidad dentro de uno mismo, pero es imposible encontrarla en otro lugar.

The happiness we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings.

The life of the mind is not only a protection against boredom; it also wards off the pernicious effects of boredom; it keeps us from bad company, from the many dangers, misfortunes, losses and extravagances which the man who places his happiness entirely in the objective world is sure to encounter

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

If you are happy in a dream, Ammu, does that count? Estha asked. Does what count? The happiness does it count?. She knew exactly what he meant, her son with his spoiled puff. Because the truth is, that only what counts, counts.....If you eat fish in a dream, does it count? Does it mean you've eaten fish?

His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back.

If you're happy in a dream…does that count? The happiness–does it count?

Our sorrows will never be sad enough. Our joys never happy enough. Our dreams never big enough. Our lives never important enough. To matter.

Baby Kochamma grudged them their moments of high happiness when a dragonfly they'd caught lifted a small stone off their palms with its legs, or when they had permission to bathe the pigs, or they found an egg hot form a hen. But most of all, she grudged them the comfort they drew from each other. She expected from them some token unhappiness. At the very least.

If you're happy in a dream, Ammu, does that count?' Estha asked. 'Does what count?' 'The happiness—does it count?' She knew exactly what he meant, her son with his spoiled puff. Because the truth is, that only what /counts/ counts. The simple, unswerving truth of children. If you eat fish in a dream, does it count? Does it mean you've eaten fish?

The first step towards reimagining a world gone terribly wrong would be to stop the annihilation of those a different imagination - an imagination that is outside of Capitalism as well as Communism. An imagination that has an altogether different understanding of what constitutes happiness and fulfillment.

Il est capable de mettre au jour la douleur qui est au coeur du bonheur. (p.305)

If you're happy in a dream, does that count? The happiness - does it count?

He held his mundu spread above his head to dry. The wind lifted it like a sail. He was suddenly happy. Things will get worse he thought to himself. Then better. He was walking swiftly now, towards the Heart of Darkness. As lonely as a wolf. The God of Loss. The God of Small Things. Naked but for his nail varnish. (274)

He looked cheerful, as though he was with an imaginary friend whose company he enjoyed.

D'you know why God made Hijras? It was an experiment. He decided to create something, a living creature that is incapable of happiness. So he made us.

She thought of Chacko's laugh, and a smile stayed in her eyes for a long time.