Happiness Quotes

Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations.

To play someone who is who they are because of the happiness and contentedness that they've known in their life is interesting because of sort of how banal it is.

So much of what determines our happiness, I believe, is who we choose as our intimates.

Who hateth me but for my happiness? Or who is honored now but for his wealth? Rather had I, a Jew, be hated thus, Than pitied in a Christian poverty.

Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.

Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.

Mom actually said that?" Cassie's face shown with happiness. "She always hated my math!

The fact that knowledge endlessly recedes as the investigator is about to grasp it is what constitutes at the same time his torment and happiness.

I am no good without you, Ginesse,” he said. “I spent a lifetime alone, but I never understood loneliness until I was away from you. I never understood happiness until I saw you again.

I wanna be your happiness. I wanna be your common sense pain.

Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love.

Smile sometimes: it won’t add years to your life, but it will add life to your years.

People don't care about being duped as long as they're happy, which is the shortest form of happiness; hence 'self-duprication' becomes a habit.

Happiness is when you see your husband's old girlfriend and she's fatter than you.

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

The trouble with happiness is that it never notices itself.

Most of the beauty of women evaporates when they achieve domestic happiness at the price of their independence.

I believe that the highest virtue is to be happy, living in the greatest truth, not submitting to the falsehood of these personaltimes.

Happiness was a term of hypocrisy used to bluff other people.

Buhhdism is wisdom. As long as we have wisdom, we can put all things to the best use, we can turn everything in the direction of happiness.

Have the depth of faith to regard everything as a source for creating happiness and value.

It is by fighting and triumphing over the enemies of the Buddha that we ourselves become Buddhas.

Strength is Happiness.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.

We are the creators of our own happiness and suffering, for everything originates in the mind.

What unites all beings is their desire for happiness.

External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness. Happiness means calmness of mind.

The meaning of life is happiness.

Helping others is not limited to providing food, shelter, and so forth, but includes relieving the basic causes of suffering and providing the basic causes of happiness.

The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness.

Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.

You're happy when you help others become happy.

Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.

A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness

We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.

An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness.

I want to show that there are indeed some universal ethical principles which could help everyone to achieve the happiness we all aspire to.

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

The basic condition of human life is happiness.

Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.

Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.

A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.

The Laws of Reasoning consist of the ground, the path, and the result. ...Suffering is in the mind. How we perceive happiness determines our suffering or not.

I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.

Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be.

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.