We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
-Robert Frost
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
Everyone speaks of it, few know it.
-Marie Jeanne P. Roland
It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
-Haruki Murakami
"Kafka on the Shore"
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
Happiness is only real when shared.
-Jon Krakauer
"Into the Wild"
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
-W. P. Kinsella
