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"
Quotations
Happiness
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
-Mahatma Gandhi
We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing.
-Ray Bradbury
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
-Tom Bodett
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
