There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
-Francis Bacon
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
-Helen Keller
I am so happy in your happiness. To you, happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be free.
-Khalil Gibran
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
-W. P. Kinsella
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
Holiness leads to wholeness and wholeness leads to happiness.
-Leslie Vernick
"Lord, I Just Want to Be Happy"
