The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
Quotations
Happiness
One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but its here if you choose to come back to it.
-Ilona Andrews
"Magic Bleeds"
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
-Oscar Wilde
There is no end to craving. Hence, contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Stay content.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
