Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
Quotations
Happiness
The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Dear John"
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
-Marilyn Manson
"My Story"
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-Epicurus
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
-Francis Bacon
Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
-Stephen Richards
