No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
Quotations
Happiness
Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.
-Leo Tolstoy
"Anna Karenina"
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be
-Marcel Pagnol
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise.
-Debra Anastasia
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-Henry Ford
I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.
-Sebastian Horsley
