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
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"
Happy are those who work for peace: God will call them his children.
-Jesus Christ
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
-Gerard Way
I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
-Drew Barrymore
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
-Guillaume Apollinaire
