Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
Quotations
Happiness
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
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
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
-John Lennon
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
If you search the world for happiness, you may find it in the end, for the world is round and will lead you back to your door.
-Robert Brault
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
-Stephen Richards
