Quotes on Happiness

Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price.

I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.

Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.

I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

One filled with joy preaches without preaching.

We needs must love the highest when we see it.

Happiness only real when shared.

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.