Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
Quotations
Happiness
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction not from satisfaction of vitals or body.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-Epicurus
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
-Peter Deunov
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
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"
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
