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"
Quotations
Happiness
We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing.
-Ray Bradbury
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.
-Dennis Wholey
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
-Albert Schweitzer
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be
-Marcel Pagnol
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
