The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Quotations
Happiness
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"
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-Henry Ford
He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life.
-George M. Adams
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but its here if you choose to come back to it.
-Ilona Andrews
"Magic Bleeds"
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Jon Krakauer
"Into the Wild"
