Quotes About Happiness

Once more I realized to what an extent earthly happiness is made to the measure of man. It is not a rare bird which we must pursue at one moment in heaven, at the next in our minds. Happiness is a domestic bird found in our own courtyards.

While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realize - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we had been.

Confucius says: 'Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.' That is true. So there must be a happiness to suit every man's stature.

We sense happiness with difficulty while experiencing it. Only when it has passed and we look back do we suddenly comprehend, sometimes with astonishment, how happy we have been. I, however, on this Cretan shore, was experiencing happiness while being simultaneously aware of my happiness.

Mutluydum; biliyordum bunu. Bir mutluluÄŸu yaÅŸarken onu kavramam?z zordur; ancak o geçip de arkam?za bakt???m?z zaman, birdenbire biraz da hayranl?kla, ne kadar mutlu olduÄŸumuzu anlar?z. Ama ben, bu Girit k?y?s?nda mutluluÄŸu ya??yor, üstelik mutlu olduÄŸumu da biliyordum.

Anl?yorsun! Anl?yorsun ya, seni bu yiyecek! Anlamasayd?n mutlu olurdun!

Nu-i r?spundeam; ascultându-l pe Zorbas, simÈ›eam c? lumea îÈ™i recap?t? fericirea în fiecare clip?. Lucruri de zi cu zi, p?lite de mult, îÈ›i rec?p?tau str?lucirea pe care o avuseser? la început, când ieÈ™ir? din mâinile Domnului. Apa, femeia, pâinea reveneau la izvorul primordial, tainic, È™i roata divin? prindea din nou avânt în slava cerului.

we were both joyous, not because of drinking so much wine, but because of the excessive happiness that we had inward. we both had understood, in our own ways, that we were two insects with short life spans, sticked for good onto the earth's crust, that we found a nice place by the sea behind some canes and gas cans, that we cuddled tightly, that in front of us we had good things and food, and inside of us we had peace, love and trust.

we were both joyous, not because of drinking so much wine, but because of the excessive happines that we had inward. we both had understood, in our own ways, that we were two insects with short life spans, sticked for good onto the earth's crust, that we found a nice place by the sea behind some canes and gas cans, that we cuddled tightly, that in front of us we had good things and food, and inside of us we had peace, love and trust.

Opet sam se uverio koliko je sre?a jednostavna stvar i koliko joj malo treba – ?aša vina, kesten, jeftini mangal, huka mora; ništa više.

And - God forgive me - I believe I am happy.

Poverty and nakedness are nothing, provided you have a good wife

Happiness always takes us by surprise, or perhaps it is not happiness. It is one's unhappiness diminished in size.

individuals who were more or less happy with themselves, secure in their own souls, usually opened themselves to new friendships. It was those whose ancestry and native status were their only hopes for distinction who tended to be critical and cold toward "new people.

Piensa en el chatir—dijo Rob cariñosamente—. Piensa en el día más feliz de tu vida.

Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and compassionate heart's willingness to feel whatever is present.

Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If we cling now, we suffer later. If we let go and respond with compassion or friendliness, we create happiness and well-being for the future.

My idea of a perfect day is a frozen custard at Shake Shack and a walk in the park. (Followed by a Lactaid.) My idea of a perfect night is a good play and dinner at Orso. (But no garlic, or I won't be able to sleep.) The other day I found a bakery that bakes my favorite childhood cake, and it was everything I remembered: it made my week.

But mostly I wrote letters of gratitude: the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book is one of the main reasons I read, but it doesn't happen every time or even every other time, and when it does happen, I'm truly beside myself.

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.           Back

when you find the one you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start now

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

My mother was like a cat who could never catch the tail of happiness because she never stopped chasing it.

A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured.