“Happiness does not come from consumption of things.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“Art never comes from happiness.”

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

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

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