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
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
-Benjamin Franklin
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a huge research staff to study the problem.
-William E. "Bill" Vaughan
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.
-Madonna
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"
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.
-Drew Barrymore
The first recipe for happiness is: Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
-André Maurois
