No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
Quotations
Happiness
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
-Epictetus
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.
-Zaroaster "Zaroaster"
We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing.
-Ray Bradbury
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.
-Anonymous "Rajuda"
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
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"
