We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
Quotations
Happiness
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"
Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise.
-Debra Anastasia
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
-Jim Rohn
Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated.
-Karen Maezen Miller
"Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life"
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
-Audrey Niffenegger
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
-Danny Wallace
"Yes Man"
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
