Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Jon Krakauer
"Into the Wild"
Happy are those who work for peace: God will call them his children.
-Jesus Christ
In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.
-Dieter F. Uchtdorf
It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
-Haruki Murakami
"Kafka on the Shore"
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
-Gabriel García Márquez
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
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
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
-Gerard Way
