It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
Quotations
Happiness
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
-Jacques Prévert
No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
I am so happy in your happiness. To you, happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be free.
-Khalil Gibran
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.
-William J. Bennett
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
