Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
Happiness
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
-Gabriel García Márquez
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
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"
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
