The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Quotations
Happiness
Everyone speaks of it, few know it.
-Marie Jeanne P. Roland
But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
-Danny Wallace
"Yes Man"
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
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
