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"
Quotations
Happiness
I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.
-Sebastian Horsley
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
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
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
-Bertrand Russell
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
The difference between love and happiness is that those who talk about love tend to be in love, but those who talk about happiness tend to be not happy.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
