The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Happiness
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"
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"
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
-Jacques Prévert
Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it.
-Alexandre Dumas
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
-Eric Hoffer
Nothing in the world can make you happy; everything in the world can encourage you to be happy.
-Robert Holden
"Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good FAST"
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
-John Dewey
