A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Happiness
Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.
-Maurice Maeterlinck "Maurice Maeterlinck"
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.
-Dennis Wholey
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
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"
Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.
-William J. Bennett
Happiness is not the absence of problems. It’s the ability to deal with them.
-Steve Maraboli
"Life, the Truth, and Being Free"
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
