One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
Quotations
Happiness
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
There are those who give with joy and that joy is their reward.
-Khalil Gibran
Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
-Epicurus
Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "Dalai Lama Xiv"
