Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
-Audrey Niffenegger
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
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
Every day you can inspire others through your sincere concern for humanity’s happiness and progress.
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.
-William E. "Bill" Vaughan
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
Those with indomitable spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm, that is true happiness.