The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Quotations
Happiness
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
-Drew Barrymore
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
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
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
