To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring.
-George Santayana "George Santayana"
Quotations
Happiness
-George Santayana "George Santayana"
Everyone speaks of it, few know it.
-Marie Jeanne P. Roland
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
Happy are those who work for peace: God will call them his children.
-Jesus Christ
Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.
-William J. Bennett
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.
-Amit Ray
"Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
