Quotes on Happiness

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

The only joy in the world is to begin.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

That everybody can do something, without regard to how old or young they are, rich or poor or middle class they are, how busy or not busy they are and what level skills they have. Everyone can do something. And everybody should do something. ... And if you do it, you'll be happier.

When you go into the space of nothingness, everything becomes known.

Give light, and people will find the way...

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.

I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

we're all golden sunflowers inside.

Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it; We are happy now because God wills it.

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the wit brightens! how the style refines!

The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others.