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
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
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"
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Happy is the unity of the Sangha. Happy is the discipline of the united ones.
-Dhammapada " Dhammapada 194"
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
