The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
Quotations
Happiness
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
-George Bernard Shaw
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
-Gabriel García Márquez
Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
One never knows what joy one might find amongst the unwanted.
-Anonymous
"The movie,Kinky Boots"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
