The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called ‘All The Things That Could Go Wrong’.
-Marianne Williamson
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"
Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but its here if you choose to come back to it.
-Ilona Andrews
"Magic Bleeds"
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
-John Lennon
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"
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
There is no end to craving. Hence, contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Stay content.
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna