Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
Quotations
Happiness
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
-Stephen Richards
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
Everyone speaks of it, few know it.
-Marie Jeanne P. Roland
What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt and has a clear conscience?
-Adam Smith
Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.
-Amit Ray
"Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style"
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
-Mahatma Gandhi
