A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Happiness
One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
-Francis Bacon
The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
To be joyous in life, a few bites to eat in peace, pouring rains or cool breeze are
sufficient... Whereas for reasons to be sad, you can write thousands of books on
it.
-Deep Trivedi
What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt and has a clear conscience?
-Adam Smith
Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated.
-Karen Maezen Miller
"Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life"
