Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
Quotations
Happiness
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
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"
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
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
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"
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyone speaks of it, few know it.
-Marie Jeanne P. Roland
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Jon Krakauer
"Into the Wild"
