Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
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"
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
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.
You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
-Melisa De La Cruz
"The Van Alen Legacy"
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
-W. P. Kinsella
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with Spring.
