The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Quotations
Happiness
There is no end to craving. Hence, contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Stay content.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.
-Nicholas Sparks
"Dear John"
Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
"The Social Contract and Discourses"
He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life.
-George M. Adams
Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.
-Amit Ray
"Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style"
The only satisfactory definition of happiness is wholeness.
-Helen Keller
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
