Actual
happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t
nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none
of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
...
"He is happiest, be he king
or peasant, who finds peace in his home."
- Johann von Goethe
...
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
- Benjamin
Disraeli
“The danger of ancient liberty was
that men, exclusively concerned with securing their share of social power, might attach too little value to individual rights
and enjoyments. The danger of modern liberty is that, absorbed in the enjoyment of our private independence, and in the pursuit
of our particular interests, we should surrender our right to share in political power too easily. The holders of authority
are only too anxious to encourage us to do so. They are so ready to spare us all sort of troubles, except those of obeying
and paying! They will say to us: what, in the end, is the aim of your efforts, the motive of your labours, the object of all
your hopes? Is it not happiness? Well, leave this happiness to us and we shall give it to you. No, Sirs, we must not leave
it to them. No matter how touching such a tender commitment may be, let us ask the authorities to keep within their limits.
Let them confine themselves to being just. We shall assume the responsibility of being happy for ourselves.”
- Benjamin Constant
...
"...happiness is the highest good, being a realization
and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it..."
- Aristotle
...
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered
along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
- Joseph Addison
...
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from
experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
- Martha Washington
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved...
- George Sand, Letter to Lina Calamatta,
1862
...
If there were in the world today any large number
of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a
few years.
- Bertrand Russell
...
The road
to happiness lies in two simple principles; find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your whole soul into
it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
- John D. Rockefeller
...
"Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy."
- Cynthia Nelms
...
"The best way
to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up."
- Helen Keller
"Our
brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."
- Samuel Johnson
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"...happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which
some can attain, while others have little or none of it..."
- Aristotle
------- "Most people would rather be certain
they're miserable, than risk being happy."
- Robert Anthony
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"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope
for."
- Allan K. Chalmers
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"The Constitution only
gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
- Benjamin Franklin
----
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
- Oscar Wilde
I
am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that
the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
-
Martha Washington
----
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but
often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us."
- Mark Twain
"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society."
- William Makepeace Thackeray
----
There is only one happiness
in life, to love and be loved...
- George Sand, Letter to Lina Calamatta, 1862
----
If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than
they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.
- Bertrand Russell
"Happiness
comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable."
- Leo
Rosten The road to happiness
lies in two simple principles; find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your whole soul into it - every bit
of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
- John D. Rockefeller
bear
to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony,
to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they
are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness, and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the
pettiness of all our joys.
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel
"I have no money, no resources, no
hopes. I am the happiest man alive."
- Henry Miller
"Nobody really
cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy."
- Cynthia Nelms
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