It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
Quotations
Happiness
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
-Epictetus
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings… It’s something we make inside ourselves.
-Cornelia "Corrie" Ten Boom
Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-Epicurus
Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
