If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
-George Bernard Shaw
That happiness which comes after misery is all the more enjoyable; it is to one scorched in the sun that the shade of the tree gives exceptional relief.
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.”
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
-Alfred Bester
"The Stars My Destination"
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
-Marilyn Manson
"My Story"
He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life.
-George M. Adams