Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
Quotations
Happiness
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
-Drew Barrymore
Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.
-William J. Bennett
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
-Robert Frost
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
-Gabriel García Márquez
