Everyone speaks of it, few know it.
-Marie Jeanne P. Roland
Quotations
Happiness
Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
"The Social Contract and Discourses"
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
-John Lennon
There are those who give with joy and that joy is their reward.
-Khalil Gibran
The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Dear John"
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"
Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.
-Anonymous "Rajuda"
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
