The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Happiness
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
What is the definition of joy? When you get an opportunity to do what you really
want to, the feeling that you experience then, is called "Joy".
-Deep Trivedi
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
-Marcus Aurelius
"Meditations"
Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.
-Maurice Maeterlinck "Maurice Maeterlinck"
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
There is no end to craving. Hence, contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Stay content.
-Swami Sivananda "Swami Sivananda"
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
