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
Quotations
Happiness
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called ‘All The Things That Could Go Wrong’.
-Marianne Williamson
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
-J. M. Barrie
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.
-Amit Ray
"Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style"
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
-Bertrand Russell
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
