One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
That happiness which comes after misery is all the more enjoyable; it is to one scorched in the sun that the shade of the tree gives exceptional relief.
-Kalidas "Kalidas"
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
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"
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
-Guillaume Apollinaire
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-Henry Ford
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
-Gabriel García Márquez
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
