Happy are those who work for peace: God will call them his children.
-Jesus Christ
Quotations
Happiness
Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
-Audrey Niffenegger
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
-Andy Rooney
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
-J. M. Barrie
