Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
Quotations
Happiness
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.
-Sebastian Horsley
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction not from satisfaction of vitals or body.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
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"
