“If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.”

—  Joss Whedon

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of …" by Joss Whedon?
Joss Whedon photo
Joss Whedon 107
American director, writer, and producer for television and … 1964

Related quotes

Thich Nhat Hanh photo

“Many people think excitement is happiness…. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: The Art of Power

Ajahn Chah photo
Joel Osteen photo

“It’s vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.”

Joel Osteen (1963) American televangelist and author

Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

Eckhart Tolle photo
Prem Rawat photo
Kate Bush photo

“As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process. You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Source: As quoted in "In conversation with Kate Bush" by Elio Iannacci in MacLeans (28 November 2016) https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/in-conversation-with-kate-bush/

Charles Bukowski photo

Related topics