Quotes About Happiness

A good conscience is a continual feast.

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.

Now go and brag of thy present happiness, whosoever thou art, brag of thy temperature, of thy good parts, insult, triumph, and boast; thou seest in what a brittle state thou art, how soon thou mayst be dejected, how many several ways, by bad diet, bad air, a small loss, a little sorrow or discontent, an ague, &c.; how many sudden accidents may procure thy ruin, what a small tenure of happiness thou hast in this life, how weak and silly a creature thou art.

Partying is such sweet sorrow.

I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.

The church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves."—Robert Ingersoll

Money gives its possessor the ability to give pleasure to others.

Mira hasta el final, sea lo que fuere lo que estés contemplando. A menudo Dios otorga al hombre un breve instante de felicidad, para luego arruinarlo por completo.

Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. —Franz Kafka

Anyone found not enjoying themselves will be shot.

In fact fear is probably the strongest human emotion, period. Whoever woke at four in the morning because they were feeling happy?

si alguien me preguntara: «Tiro, ¿por qué te saltas un período tan largo de la vida de Cicerón?», me vería obligado a contestarle: «Amigo mío, porque esos fueron años de felicidad, y hay pocos asuntos cuya lectura resulte más aburrida que la felicidad»

Fear is historically the strongest emotion in economics. Remember FDR in the Great Depression? It's the most famous quote in financial history: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." In fact fear is probably the strongest human emotion, period. Whoever woke at four in the morning because they were feeling happy?

that pleasure is the beginning and end of living happily

Aunque un hombre ascendiera a los cielos y contemplase las maravillas del universo y la belleza de las estrellas, el hermoso paisaje no le produciría regocijo alguno si hubiera de guardárselo para sí. Y si, por el contrario, tuviera a su lado a alguien a quien describirle semejante espectáculo, se colmaría de dicha. La naturaleza aborrece la soledad.

that virtue is sufficient for happiness, that nothing except virtue is good, and that the emotions are not to be trusted—

Love is a that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own...Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy

The Truth is simple but the Way of Man is hard. First you must learn to control your self. The rest follows. Blessed is he who knows himself and commands himself, for the world is his and love and happiness and peace walk with him wherever he goes. Thou art God. Know that and the Way is opened. I love you. Thou art God. -Valentine Michael Smith

It takes numerous encounters with positive people to offset the energy and happiness sapped by a single episode with one asshole.

All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. LEO TOLSTOY

In the end, for all of us who strive to achieve, whether in business or in other walks of life, the end of life is a disappointment. The personal pleasure over a lifetime was mostly in the striving and in one's friendships and interactions. The pinnacle of achievement does not bring happiness, but at best the reflection that the striving achieved some benefit for others, unappreciative and unrelated though those others may

Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.

She grimaced, remembering one incarnation when she and he had been forced to grow old together, peacefully. Most boring life she'd ever known, though at the time—ignorant of her grander part in the Pattern—she'd been happy with it.