A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
Quotations
Happiness
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!
-Scriptures "Amanda Bradley"
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
-Jacques Prévert
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
-Alfred Bester
"The Stars My Destination"
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"
But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
-Danny Wallace
"Yes Man"
One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.
-Zaroaster "Zaroaster"
