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
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
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"
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
-Epictetus
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"
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
