“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
#40541, Part 41
Seventy Seven Thousand Service-Trees series 1-50 (1998)
“Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
“But does not happiness come from the soul within?”
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Le bonheur ne vient-il donc pas de l'âme?
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman
“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Source: My Story
“Knowledge comes only to those who despise happiness.”
Georg Trakl book Gedichte
Nur dem, der Glück verachtet, wird Erkenntnis.
Nachlass und Biographie: Gedichte, Briefe, Bilder, Essays (Author: Georg Trakl; editor: Wolfgang Schneditz; publisher: O. Müller, 1949, p. 8)
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Variant: Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
Herzog on Herzog (2002)
“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (1998) edited by Renuka Singh
Context: Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.
Cameron Diaz (1972) American actress
Human the movie: Cameron's interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-HvL3TSf-8 ( New York Post http://nypost.com/2015/12/17/cameron-diaz-fame-will-never-make-you-happy/)
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement