Quotes About Happiness

The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.

Peace for the whole world begins with a smile in your own heart.

The joy and smile of even one child is worth more than the prancing intellects of a thousand men.

Happiness lies only in a divine unrest; and if you are lapped in comfort you stagnate and miss it.

It was a very happy time, but like all happy times it had no landmarks.

There will be no real content among American women unless they are made and kept more ignorant or unless they are given equal opportunity with men to use what they have been taught. And American men will not be really happy until their women are.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes, he who loves no one has no woes.

Thousands of candles can be hit by a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decrease by being short

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

I love the life I live, I live the life I love.

Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It's all about the memories.

Having a bunch of cats around is good. If you're feeling bad, you just look at the cats, you'll feel better, because they know that everything is, just as it is. There's nothing to get excited about. They just know. They're saviors. The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous.

The hope that she might regain her happiness made her fearless.

The fact is that happily married men don't sleep around.

However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more's the pity.

I remembered the bright silks and sparkling faces I had seen that day, in gala trim, swan-like sailing down the Mississippi of Broadway; and I contrasted them with the pallid copyist, and thought to myself, Ah, happiness courts the light, so we deem the world is gay; but misery hides aloof, so we deem that misery there is none.