Quotes about happiness

A collection of quotes on the topic of happiness.

„MAKE LIFE SIMPLER
Missing someone? Call them.
Want to understand? Ask questions.
Want to be heard? Speak clearly.
Object to something? Say so.
Like something? Say so.
Want something? Ask.
Feel hurt? Tell them.
Feel happy? Share it.
Love someone? Tell them.
When you need to communicate, don't rely on telepathy.“

„Music is something everyone on Earth can share. Music is meant to heal us, to bring us together, to make us happy.“

— Ariana Grande American singer-songwriter 1993
Twitter statement on the Manchester terrorist attack https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/868164986887176192 (26 May 2017)

Music

„You need to be happy to live, I don’t.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

„Reading is pleasure and happiness to be alive or sadness to be alive and above all it's knowledge and questions.“

— Roberto Bolaño, book 2666

Reading, Knowledge, Question, Sadness

„No medicine cures what happiness cannot.“

— Gabriel García Márquez Colombian writer 1927 - 2014

„Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.“

— Karl Lagerfeld German fashion designer 1933 - 2019

Books

„All I want to be is very young always and very irresponsible and to feel that my life is my own-to live and be happy and die in my own way to please myself“

— Zelda Fitzgerald Novelist, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald 1900 - 1948

Feeling, Way, Life

„People camouflage against the herd. People aren't after happiness, they're after not hurting.“

— Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology 1962
Personality Lectures, 2017 Personality 21: Performance Prediction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GKmznaqsQ

Hurt, People