No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
There is no limit to joy. Happiness has no end. When you are standing in love of God, every cell in your body jumps for joy. You breathe in and out with the entire universe. In this state, your life is fulfilled.
-Sun Myung Moon "Sun Myung Moon"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
-Bertrand Russell
Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated.
-Karen Maezen Miller
"Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life"
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise.
-Debra Anastasia
