It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
Quotations
Happiness
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Jon Krakauer
"Into the Wild"
The difference between love and happiness is that those who talk about love tend to be in love, but those who talk about happiness tend to be not happy.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
-Andy Rooney
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.
-Dale Carnegie
"How to Win Friends and Influence People"
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
-Ernest Hemingway
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
