There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
-Epictetus
Quotations
Happiness
Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-Epicurus
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
If you closely observe life, you will find, here with every pleasure there is pain...
and with every pain, pleasure. Hence, among all that is happening, if you keep
your eyes fixed only at the brighter side of it, you can always be happy.
-Deep Trivedi
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
-Alfred Bester
"The Stars My Destination"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
