“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.”

“Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.”

Sharon Salzberg (1952) American writer

“Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings… It's something we make inside ourselves.”

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch resistance hero and writer

“So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.”

John Tyler (1790–1862) American politician, 10th President of the United States (in office from 1841 to 1845)

“It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits than to say that our lives depend upon our opinions, which is only now and then true.”

Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.”

Patañjali (-200–-150 BC) ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises

“It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.”

Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher

“The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.”

Martha Washington (1731–1802) First Lady of the United States

“By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards vice, the mind becomes pure.”

Patañjali (-200–-150 BC) ancient Indian scholar(s) of grammar and linguistics, of yoga, of medical treatises