If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
-Jules Renard
"The Journal of Jules Renard"
Quotations
Happiness
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does.
-Sri Chinmoy
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"
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
-George Washington
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.
-William E. "Bill" Vaughan
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
-Mary Baker Eddy
