Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
Quotations
Happiness
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
-Ernest Hemingway
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
-Alfred Bester
"The Stars My Destination"
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
-Jim Rohn
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"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
