No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
Quotations
Happiness
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
-Francis Bacon
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
-Andy Rooney
Human intelligence lies in making such choices that whatever he desires or
attains out of them...the end result should only be happiness.
-Deep Trivedi
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
The difference between love and happiness is that those who talk about love tend to be in love, but those who talk about happiness tend to be not happy.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-Epicurus
