Quotes About Happiness

For the Stoics, one key was seeing that our feelings about life's events, not those events themselves, determine our happiness; we find equanimity by distinguishing what we can control in life from what we cannot.

El estado de ánimo de las personas cuando su mente divaga tiende, hablando en términos generales, hacia lo displacentero, hasta el punto de que pensamientos con un contenido aparentemente neutro se ven ensombrecidos por una carga emocional negativa. Pareciera como si la mente errante fuese, en parte o casi totalmente, una de las causas de la infelicidad.

Los niños pequeños no se preocupan de la posición de alguien, ni de su educación o de si es rico o pobre –dice–. Responden a la sonrisa en tu rostro».

la gente que prospera en la vida (que tiene relaciones positivas y un trabajo gratificante, que considera que su existencia tiene sentido) experimenta al menos tres acontecimientos emocionales positivos por cada uno negativo.

Similarly, of all emotional signals, smiles are the most contagious; they have an almost irresistible power to make others smile in return.

Se tivermos uma atenção mais plena acerca de como usamos o nosso dinheiro, teremos menos probabilidades de nos deixarmos levar por anúncios sedutores de produtos que não nos farão sentir mais felizes. A atenção plena conduzir-nos-ia a desejos materiais mais modestos e a gastar mais tempo e energia a realizar as nossas necessidades mais profundas e mais satisfatórias no que respeita ao sentido das coisas e relações.

A atenção plena permite-nos quebrar o fluxo de pensamentos que poderiam, caso contrário, levar-nos a ficar prisioneiros da infelicidade, transformando a nossa relação com o próprio pensamento. Em vez de sermos arrastados por esse fluxo, conseguimos parar e ver que isto são apenas pensamentos – e escolher agir ou não de acordo com eles.

The more everyday mindfulness, the greater the subjective boost in well-being.

When people feel good, they work at their best. Feeling good lubricates mental efficiency, making people better at understanding information and using decision rules in complex judgments, as well as more flexible in their thinking.38

So many of us suffer because we are trying to live the life we once had or the life we wish for. Life is much sweeter when we live the life we have

we have three innate psychological needs—competence, autonomy, and relatedness. When those needs are satisfied, we're motivated, productive, and happy.

May we generally be happy, generally be witty, generally be honest, but above all always be interesting.

There were a million things, everything, I didn't know I was stupid- the official descriptive phrase for happy.

We steal the happiness of others in order to be happy ourselves, and when it is stolen from us we voyage desperately to steal it back.

There were a million things, everything, I didn't know. I was stupid, the official descriptive phrase for happy. I took this thing I'm giving you back, this thing you gave me as the star we were waiting for finally emerged.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.

Let's see where this leads us, this adventure with the thrum of the music and the blizzard of stagy snow...happy tears freezing to diamonds...let's go, let's go, hurry towards the happy ending....let's go together toward something extraordinary, and I start making plans, thinking we would get that far.

All over the world are particular people, and you could be happy with probably five or six of them, eight if you're bisexual and everyone is.

There is only laughing across the land as the car moves you along, on your way someplace with love in the car.

No lo sabes…? Pero acabas… acabas de gastarte cincuenta y cinco dólares en este libro. —Lo sé —respondiste—. No pasa nada. —Pero ¿no sabes por qué? —Para hacerte feliz —fue lo único que dijiste, y de repente, Ed, tus palabras me dejaron sin respiración.

How many happy people do you think there are in the world? Twelve?

All over the world are particular people, and you could be happy with probably five or six of them, eight if you're bisexual and everyone is.

Recent research in social psychology has shown that happy people are not people who have more; rather, they are people who are happy with what they already have. Happy people engage in satisficing all of the time, even if they don't know it.

Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.