“You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness.”

— Paulo Coelho , book The Devil and Miss Prym

Source: The Devil and Miss Prym

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

1978

“I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) American artist

“If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.”

Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) American actor and film producer

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“I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”

Arthur Miller All My Sons

Source: All My Sons

“In my heart a place,
A most special place,
And it's all for you,
You're my girl, you're my, angel,
The will's the same for us,
Honey they can't be wrong,
Cause everybody knows it was hard to break the sorrow,
Then you came along”

Seal (musician) (1963) British singer-songwriter

"Wedding Day"
System (2007)

“Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Variant: Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Happiness is ever elusive, but freedom from unhappiness is attainable now, by facing what is rather than making up stories about it. Unhappiness covers up your natural state of wellbeing and inner peace, the source of true happiness.
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose