“Art never comes from happiness.”

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

“Like art, revolutions come from combining what exists into what has never existed before.”

“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.”

“Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment to worthy causes.”

“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”

“Fame does not define me. If you are looking for fame to define you, then you will never be happy and you’ll always be searching for happiness, and you will never find it in fame. Fulfillment comes from within you, by being authentic to yourself — not chasing fame.”

“Happiness does not come from consumption of things.”

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

“Happiness and success come from living in the present, not from existing in the past.”