We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
Quotations
Happiness
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
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"
Happiness comes from the soul’s satisfaction, not from the vital’s or body’s satisfaction.
-Sri Aurobindo "Sri Aurobindo"
Happy is the unity of the Sangha. Happy is the discipline of the united ones.
-Dhammapada " Dhammapada 194"
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"
Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.
-Amit Ray
"Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style"
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
