Quotes About Happiness

Me pregunto si soy feliz.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaging in deceit. Human beings never did teach me that abstruse secret.

Me cuesta entender que el ser humano viva o quiera vivir con pureza, claridad y felicidad en medio de toda esta mentira mutua.

Los cobardes temen hasta la felicidad. Pueden herirse incluso con el algodón.

The weak fear happiness itself. They can harm themselves on cotton wool. Sometimes they are wounded even by happiness.

Une faible insecte craint même le bonheur. On le meurtrit même avec du coton. On peut être blessé même par le bonheur. J'avais hâte de me séparer d'elle avant d'être blessé, sans plus attendre, et de m'envelopper du rideau de fumée d'un vrai bouffon.

Young men, if ever the one you love bursts out laughing the moment she sees you, you are to be congratulated.

The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can't bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. Happiness...

Los débiles temen la felicidad misma. Pueden hacerse daño en el algodón. A veces son heridos incluso por la felicidad

I thought that in killing a dreaded adversary I might actually be bringing him happiness.

I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind- of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough), any wounds being inflicted of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can life, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit.

I felt so grateful, so happy for that gentle smile that I averted my face and wept. I was completely shattered and smothered by that one gentle smile.

Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. The thought occurred to me as I lay there. You wait and wait for happiness, and when finally you can't bear it any longer, you rush out of the house, only to hear later that a marvelous happiness arrived the following day at the home you had abandoned, and now it was too late. Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late. Happiness...

É que os covardes temem até mesmo a felicidade. Machucam-se com algodão. Podem se ferir com a própria felicidade.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit. Human beings never did teach me that abstruse secret.

Poverty is nothing. As long as you love me, all I want is to spend my whole life by your side.

Those days, as I remember them now, were the last in which the dying embers of happiness still glowed.

Recently I have come to understand why such things as war, peace, unions, trade, politics exist in the world. I don't suppose you know. That's why you will always be unhappy. I'll tell you why--it is so that women will give birth to healthy babies.

The man even says that he who exalts himself shall be humbled and he who humbles himself shall be exalted. Does anyone in the real world get away with such cajolery? Deceiver! I only believe in happiness in this world. I'm not afraid of any judgment hereafter.

Zay?f insanlar mutluluktan bile korkar. ?plikle bile yaralan?rlar. Bazen mu?tluluk da insanlar? yaralayabilir.

They were happy, the two of them. I'd been a fool to come between them. I might destroy them both if I were not careful. A humble happiness. A good mother and a child. God, I thought, if you listen to the prayer of people like myself, grant me happiness once, only once in my whole lifetime will be enough! Hear my prayer!) I felt like getting down on my knees to pray then and there. I shut the door softly, went to the Ginza, and did not return to the apartment.

Los cobardes temen hasta la felicidad. Pueden herirse incluso con el algodón. A veces, hasta la felicidad les hiere.

Quando scoprii che il mio concetto della felicità sembrava in pieno contrasto con quello d'ogni altra persona, fu tale l'angoscia che mi dibattei gemendo insonne nel mio letto per notti e notti di seguito.