It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness is a late discovery.
-Fadi Dabour
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"
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
Strength is happiness. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness.
-Daisaku Ikeda "Daisaku Ikeda"
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
-Melisa De La Cruz
"The Van Alen Legacy"
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
-Guillaume Apollinaire
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
