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
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
-W. P. Kinsella
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
-John Dewey
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
-Oscar Wilde
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
