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Quotes About Happiness

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
~ Yves Saint Laurent
If I didn't think, I'd be much happier.
~ Sylvia Plath
It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.
~ Nachman of Breslov
The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.
~ S. N. Goenka
Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.
~ Auguste Escoffier
Happy girls are the prettiest girls.
~ Audrey Hepburn
There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.
~ Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.
~ Simon Sinek
Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.
~ S. N. Goenka
Fighting for happiness is the hardest thing you'll ever fight for, but it's the only thing worth fighting for.
~ Lilly Singh
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
~ Immanuel Kant
Don't care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness.
~ Katy Perry
There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.
~ Brother Lawrence
The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.
~ Julio Cortazar
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.
~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?
~ Hunter S. Thompson
All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.
~ Shantideva
Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.
~ Cyril Connolly
Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
~ Henri Matisse
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
~ Thomas Jefferson
The person who will give you unexplained happiness, will also be the reason for your unexplained sadness.
~ Zayn Malik
Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.
~ Jon Foreman