Quotes About Happiness

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?

Happiness consists not of having, but of being. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself.

The fundamental goal of Buddhism is the realization of the peace and happiness of humankind.

Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.

The Lord's way is the only way for us to experience enduring happiness. His way brings sustained comfort to our souls and perennial peace to our homes.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.

Give out some love and you'll find peace sublime.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting.

I want to make people laugh and I want to try to encourage world peace.

We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives of joy and peace.

The more objects you set your heart upon, the more thorns there are to tear your peace of mind to shreds.

The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become

There's no time for hatred, only questions. Where is love? Where is happiness? What is life? Where is peace?

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

When we are filled with the Spirit of God, we are filled with joy, with peace and with happiness no matter what our circumstances may be; for it is a spirit of cheerfulness and of happiness.

Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our future happiness and peace of mind.

Joy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest.

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

I know exactly what I want. Everything. Calm, peace, tranquility, freedom, fun, happiness. If I could make all that one word, I would - a many-syllabled word.

Nothing from outside can stop a man from enjoying lasting peace and permanent joy in life, for it is the essential nature of his own soul.

The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.