“Happiness does not come from consumption of things.”

“But does not happiness come from the soul within?”

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer

“It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.”

Helen Fielding book Bridget Jones's Diary

“Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction. He does not really seek happiness, rather he seeks for a condition which matches his personal idea regarding the nature of happiness. But happiness is not a mere idea, for one idea will always have competition from another idea. The is why the unhappy man chases for ever from one attraction to another. Happiness will come when he stops chasing, that is, when he stops thinking that an idea about happiness is the same as happiness. A man enjoying the sunshine does so without analysing it.”

Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer

“Art never comes from happiness.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Choke

“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.”

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer

“Those who run after happiness will never be happy. Happiness is something that has to come to the fore from within.”

Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India