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"
Quotations
Happiness
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
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"
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
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.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
