Quotes About Happiness

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.

All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

It is my greatest desire, I want the people in Russia to be happy and I want our partners around the world to seek to develop relations with Russia.

The end of desire is the end of sorrow.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

The way to infinite joy is through the elimination of desire, - no attachments, no aversions.

You don't need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.

The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

I'd rather dance than eat.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.

Live joyfully, without desire.

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

Desire and happiness cannot live together.

When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.

May you be blessed with everything your heart desires.

Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.

The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.

When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy - this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.