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
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
-Tom Bodett
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
-Marilyn Manson
"My Story"
But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
-Danny Wallace
"Yes Man"
Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
-Stephen Richards
Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.
-Leo Tolstoy
"Anna Karenina"
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
