I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
Quotations
Happiness
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be
-Marcel Pagnol
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
-Peter Deunov
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
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"
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring.
-George Santayana "George Santayana"
