It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
Quotations
Happiness
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
-Mary Baker Eddy
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.
-Dennis Wholey
Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.
-Leo Tolstoy
"Anna Karenina"
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
-Melisa De La Cruz
"The Van Alen Legacy"
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
