Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
Quotations
Happiness
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
-Oscar Wilde
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
Happiness is a late discovery.
-Fadi Dabour
You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
-Melisa De La Cruz
"The Van Alen Legacy"
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"
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
