Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated.
-Karen Maezen Miller
"Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life"
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
-Peter Deunov
Strength is happiness. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness.
-Daisaku Ikeda "Daisaku Ikeda"
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
-Mary Baker Eddy
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"
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
