We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
We know, how to build a beautiful house, but we don’t know how to live within it happily.
-J. Krishnamurti
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.
Happy is the unity of the Sangha. Happy is the discipline of the united ones.
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
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