Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
"The Social Contract and Discourses"
Quotations
Happiness
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
There is no end to craving. Hence, contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Stay content.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
Happiness is not the absence of problems. It’s the ability to deal with them.
-Steve Maraboli
"Life, the Truth, and Being Free"
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
-Jacques Prévert
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"
Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated.
-Karen Maezen Miller
"Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
