For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
Happiness
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
-Steven Kloves
"The movie, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-Henry Ford
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"
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Jon Krakauer
"Into the Wild"
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
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
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
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"
