No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
Quotations
Happiness
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
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
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
-Peter Deunov
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
-George Bernard Shaw
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
-Helen Keller
