Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.
-Leo Tolstoy
"Anna Karenina"
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
-J. M. Barrie
That happiness which comes after misery is all the more enjoyable; it is to one scorched in the sun that the shade of the tree gives exceptional relief.
-Kalidas "Kalidas"
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
-Albert Schweitzer
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
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"
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
-Henry Ford
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
