There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
-Francis Bacon
Quotations
Happiness
He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life.
-George M. Adams
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
-George Bernard Shaw
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
Happy people produce. Bored people consume.
-Stephen Richards
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
