Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
Quotations
Happiness
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
There is no end to craving. Hence, contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Stay content.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.
-Dennis Wholey
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
"The Social Contract and Discourses"
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
Those with indomitable spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm, that is true happiness.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
