Quotes about happiness
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“My heart knows of no other ambition than that of seeing you happy.”

Leopold I of Belgium (1790–1865) German prince who became the first King of the Belgians

Foreign Relations of the United States, Translation of the speech from the throne. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1866p2/d57 On ascending the throne, Leopold I to the Belgians.

Happiness, Heart

“Whatever the director asks me to do, I will do and make him happy. I’m a fool.”

Brigitte Lin (1954) Taiwanese actress

As quoted in "Brigitte Lin: ‘In All My Movies, There Is Something of Myself’" in Film Doo (21 May 2018) https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/archive/catalogue/2018/intervista-con-brigitte-lin/?IDLYT=31711

Happiness, Fools

“Happiness is religion and character; faith and virtue. It is a fact that man cannot find happiness within his own limits; his very nature condemns him to surpass himself, and in surpassing himself, to free himself.”

Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher

[2003, Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism, World Wisdom, 220, 978-0-94153227-3]
Spiritual life, Happiness

Happiness, Faith, Religion, Nature

“In order to be happy, man must have a center; now this center is above all the certitude of the One. The greatest calamity is the loss of the center and the abandonment of the soul to the caprices of the periphery. To be man is to be at the center; it is to be center.”

Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher

[2012, Echoes of Perennial Wisdom, World Wisdom, 7, 978-1-93659700-0]
Spiritual life, Happiness

Happiness, Soul, Loss

“Beauty is a reflection of divine beatitude; and since God is Truth, the reflection of His beatitude will be that blend of happiness and truth found in all beauty.”

Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher

[2007, Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts, World Wisdom, 24, 978-1-933316-42-0]
God, Beauty

God, Happiness, Truth, Beauty

“If night were a thief, it would be steal my happiness or my dreams of life. Maybe she doesn't know that I don't have anything special that she can steal. He finds nothing under my pillow except my sorrows.
If she looks around, she would have found a shining chest kept in a dark corner, when she open it, she would find nothing but my loneliness. she had to go empty handed with remorse.”

Shabdon Ka Jahan

Life, Happiness, Dreams, Loneliness

“Which do you pay dearer for, lies or the truth?
The former costs you yourself, the latter at most your happiness.”

Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863) German poet and dramatist

"Epigrams" in Sämtliche Werke, volume 6, page 365
Original: (de) Was du teurer bezahlst, die Lüge oder die Wahrheit?
Jene kostet dein Ich, diese doch höchstens dein Glück.

Happiness, Truth

“I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.”

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist

Early Diary kept at Fruitlands, 1843. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/38049/38049-h/38049-h.htm Life, Letters, and Journals. (1898)

Happiness, Time

“I truly believe the reason why there is a demand for rom-coms is because humans, whether its conscious or subconscious, have a need to feel happy and to see love.”

Lana Condor (1997) Vietnamese-American actress

As quoted in "Lana Condor is just a girl, starring in a Netflix hit, asking you to love the rom-com revival" in Think Progress (18 September 2018) https://archive.thinkprogress.org/lana-condor-to-all-the-boys-netflix-1be6a8d818aa/

Love, Happiness, Feeling

“We can summarize utilitarianism thus: Happiness is what matters, and everyone's happiness counts the same. This doesn't mean that everyone gets to be equally happy, but it does mean that no one's happiness is inherently more valuable than anyone else's.”

Joshua Greene (1974) American psychologist

Joshua Greene, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them (2013), p. 170

Happiness

“Softly, O midnight hours!
Move softly o'er the bowers
Where lies in happy sleep a girl so fair:
For ye have power, men say,
Our hearts in sleep to sway
And cage cold fancies in a moonlight snare.”

Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902) Irish poet and critic

Song. Softly, O Midnight Hours; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 721.

Men, Happiness, Girl, Sleep

“Meditation and worship helps to purify the mind. Looking at beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind. A corrupted mind can't recognize the beauty of the world. A pure mind perceives it. A pure mind is the source of happiness.”

Amit Ray (1960) Indian author

Meditation:Insights and Inspirations (2010) https://books.google.com/books?id=s2ctBgAAQBAJ,

Happiness, World, Beauty, Help

“What is happiness? It depends on two assets, which fortunately I have. They are good health and a short memory.”

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden

Source: The Real and the Unreal (1961) by Bill Davidson, p. 174

Happiness, Health, Memory, Dependency

“How are peace and happiness related? Is peace the only real happiness? When happiness moves beyond the mind, that is happiness.”

Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition

Mount Madonna Messenger, March 26, 2016

Happiness, Peace

“Knowledge, understanding and cooperation will lead the country to happiness, security and progress.”

Vajiralongkorn (1952) King of Thailand

Source: "His Majesty presents televised end of year message" in Thaiger https://thethaiger.com/news/national/his-majesty-presents-televised-end-of-year-message (1 January 2021)

Happiness, Understanding, Knowledge, Country

“I invite everyone here and all Thai people to share my determination and work together, each according to his status and duty, with the nation’s prosperity and the people’s happiness as the ultimate goals.”

Vajiralongkorn (1952) King of Thailand

Source: "'I shall reign with righteousness': Thailand crowns king in ornate ceremonies" in Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-king-coronation/i-shall-reign-with-righteousness-thailand-crowns-king-in-ornate-ceremonies-idUSKCN1S924H (3 May 2019)

Happiness, People

“People who are busy and happy don’t write diaries; they are too busy living.”

Robert A. Heinlein book Friday

Source: Friday (1982), Chapter 33 (p. 353)

Happiness, People, Business

“If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw over your principles. Principles for principles' sake -that is not wisdom; that is obstinacy. Principles should be fluid because life is fluid."”

Epifanio de los Santos (1871–1928) Filipino politician

Source: As quoted in “Don Pañong – Genius" by A.V.H. Hartendorp in Philippine Magazine (September 1929), p. 211.

Life, Wisdom, Happiness

“Better the myth of happiness, than the myth of despair.”

Michael Moorcock The Cornelius Quartet

The Cornelius Quartet, The Condition of Muzak (1977)
Source: The Mirror; or, Harlequin Everywhere (p. 786)

Happiness, Despair

“I was just so happy that I got a role and could give a performance. I still feel nervous at the thought of meeting an audience through the screen. I never dreamed that the show would become such a global sensation.”

HoYeon Jung (1994) South Korean model, actress

Source: "Exclusive: How Squid Game’s Hoyeon Jung Went from Model to Star of Netflix’s Biggest Hit" in Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/squid-game-star-hoyeon-jung-interview (7 October 2021)

Happiness, Dreams, Feeling

“Career has given me a lot of happiness and I’ve fallen in love with it. Of course, there is joy in fame, but there are plenty of difficult periods to endure as well. It’s not unusual to feel down or stressed, but I use those as motivators to remain steadfast and look ahead.”

Liu Wen (model) (1988) Chinese model

Source: "Liu Wen opens up about fame, responsibility and finding meaning in her career" in Vogue https://vogue.sg/liu-wen-cover-vogue-singapore-leslie-zhang/ (1 March 2021)

Love, Happiness, Feeling, Motivation

“My parents are very supportive of me, I’m their only child, of course, so I always have to call them before I leave and when I arrive somewhere. Sometimes I still don’t think they really understand what I’m doing! I think they’re just happy that I’m happy and I love my job.”

Liu Wen (model) (1988) Chinese model

Source: "Liu Wen Talks Style, Diversity And What It Means To Be China’s First Supermodel" in Marie Claire https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion-news/liu-wen-interview-china-s-first-supermodel-talks-style-diversity-and-her-mango-campaign-15375 (3 March 2016)

Love, Happiness, Understanding, Support

“Perfect happiness can consist in nothing else than the vision of the Divine Essence.”

Thomas Aquinas book Summa Theologica

Source: Summa Theologica (1265–1274), I–II, q. 3, art. 8 co

Happiness, Perfection

“A happy person creates a happy home, and from that is able to contribute to his country and finally the world.”

Cheng Yen (1937) Taiwanese Buddhist nun

Source: Master of Love and Mercy: Cheng Yen, p. 18

Happiness, World, Home, Personality

“All lives deserve to be respected, and all beings need to be loved. It ought to be easy for us to feel the pain experienced by the bodies other than our own and grant happiness to those who are but strangers.”

Cheng Yen (1937) Taiwanese Buddhist nun

Source: Master of Love and Mercy: Cheng Yen, p. 3

Love, Pain, Happiness, Feeling

“Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth — these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.”

Cyrus the Great (-600–-530 BC) King and founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Source: In Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War https://books.google.com/books?id=w-WNO_TOgOQC&dq=Xenophon%27s%20Cyrus%20the%20Great%3A%20The%20Arts%20of%20Leadership%20and%20War&hl=fr&source=gbs_book_other_versions (2006) p. 116, also quoted in "9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great" http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanholiday/2012/04/19/9-timeless-leadership-lessons-from-cyrus-the-great/ at Forbes.com (19 April 2012)

Love, Happiness, People, Freedom

“You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.”

Cyrus the Great (-600–-530 BC) King and founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Source: As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 290

Happiness, World

“American cops are so heavily militarized these days that the only way I can tell the difference between them and the army is the color of their body armor—that, and the army is less trigger-happy.”

Charles Stross The Laundry Files

Source: The Laundry Files, The Labyrinth Index (2018), Chapter 11, “A Dead God Did It and Ran Away” (p. 321)

Happiness, Color, Way

“Don't promise when you're happy, Don't reply when you're angry and don't decide when you're sad.”

Ziad K Abdelnour (1960) Lebanese-born American investment banker, financier, activist and author

Source: Economic Warfare Quotes

Happiness, Sadness

“In the ideal state, man treats the races of beings affiliated with him, not as objects of pillage, but as beings with rights and feelings and capabilities of happiness and misery, like himself.”

J. Howard Moore (1862–1916)

Source: The New Ethics (1907), Silent Martyrs of Civilization, p. 64

Happiness, Feeling

“Our own happiness, and that of our species, are assumed to be so pre-eminent that we sacrifice without hesitancy the most sacred interests of others, in order that our own may be carefully provided for.”

J. Howard Moore (1862–1916)

Source: The New Ethics (1907), Human Attitude Toward Others, pp. 40–41

Happiness

“I won and I'm happy and that is it.”

Ayrton Senna (1960–1994) Brazilian racing driver

Source: 1991 Monaco Grand Prix

Happiness

“I'm so happy to be a part of this ... era of wonderful nonsense.”

Helen Kane (1904–1966) American actress

Source: Interview (1959)

Happiness, Parting

“My name, as you may have guessed, is Theodore. I come from a strange stock. The members of my family were mostly epileptics, vegetarians, stutterers, triplets, nailbiters. But we've always been happy.”

Brother Theodore (1906–2001) German-American monologuist and comedian

[David Lefkowitz, https://www.playbill.com/article/stand-up-tragedy-brother-theodore-gottlieb-dead-at-94-com-95915, Stand-Up Tragedy: 'Brother' Theodore Gottlieb Dead at 94, Playbill, April 6, 2001, February 3, 2021]

Happiness, Family

“Success is when God is happy with you, when the closest people around you are happy and when your soul is at peace with you.”

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer

https://fabwoman.ng/omotola-jalade-inspirational-quotes-for-women-fabwoman/ Omotola Jalade Ekehinde speaking at FIDWOMEN.

God, Happiness, People, Peace

“I'm tired of speaking for hours, so from now on, I will reduce the duration of my 'Returning Happiness to People' speech ever [sic] Friday and will have my ministers who oversee each topic to speak in the programme.”

Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954) Thai military officer, junta chief, and politician

"Returning happiness to the people" speeches Source: PM to shorten 'Return to happiness' speeches but in the end happiness is never come true http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/PM-to-shorten-Return-to-happiness-speeches-30257143.html (31 March 2015)

Happiness, People

“This law will be strictly enforced to prevent the type of nuisance and violence that happened in the past...It's not possible to have it all—happiness, equality, democracy—without giving us the tools.”

Prayut Chan-o-cha (1954) Thai military officer, junta chief, and politician

Law curbing public assembly takes effect in Thailand (13 August 2015)
Source: [Law curbing public assembly takes effect in Thailand, https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/law-curbing-public-assembly-takes-effect-in-thailand/, 14 August 2015, The Seattle Times, Associated Press, 13 August 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20201128115005/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/law-curbing-public-assembly-takes-effect-in-thailand/, 28 November 2020, live]

Happiness, Law, Democracy, Past

“Fear of suffering is a great obstacle to being a happy person in life. God wants us to be happy. Asceticism is not supposed to make us sad. It’s supposed to free us to be able to understand and do what God wants. He wants our happiness. He wants us to bring happiness to others.”

Alfred Clifton Hughes (1932) Roman Catholic archbishop

Source: 60 Years A Priest: An Interview with Archbishop Alfred Hughes https://nds.edu/blog-entry/60-years-a-priest-an-interview-with-archbishop-alfred-hughes/

Life, God, Happiness, Sadness

“Our true Happiness will be when humanity begins to recognise the rights we owe to one another, when hatred turns to love.”

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950) spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Others

Love, Happiness

“Was it better to die in the illusion of sunshine and warmth or face death in a cold darkness of reality? Was it better to die in happy ignorance or terrified knowledge? The answer, if you’re a Londoner, is that it’s better not to die at all.”

Ben Aaronovitch book Whispers Under Ground

Source: Whispers Under Ground (2012), Chapter 21, “Oxford Circus” (p. 224)

Death, Happiness, Knowledge, Reality

“A lot of things need to be done since people are not totally free or happy. We have had a lot of struggles in relation to religious harmony. Due to the certain actions of Buddhist monks, there was unrest in the community. So nobody was able to do anything, not even the authorities/”

Noel Emmanuel (1960)

Source: Expectations rise amidst tension and unrest in Sri Lanka https://www.ucanews.com/news/expectations-rise-amidst-tension-and-unrest-in-sri-lanka/78079 (16 January 2017)

Happiness, People, Communication

“While we are currently confronted with the unprecedented difficulties caused by the spread of the coronavirus disease. . . I sincerely hope that we all work together hand in hand to overcome this difficult situation and continue to seek happiness of the people and world peace.”

Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019

Source: "Emperor Naruhito Makes Reference to Pandemic in First Speech in Half-Year" in Nippon https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00612/ (1 October 2020)

Happiness, People, World, Disease

“As we pass on the memories of disasters and pandemics to our posterity, we can improve our preparedness for forthcoming catastrophes. In this way, we can help to build a society in which everyone, with no one left behind, will be able to enjoy daily lives filled with health and happiness.”

Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019

Source: "Emperor Naruhito delivers address at U.N. meeting on water and disasters" in The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/06/26/national/emperor-naruhito-delivers-address-at-u-n-meeting-on-water-and-disasters/ (26 June 2021)

Happiness, Health, Way, Memory

“I pledge hereby that I shall act according to the Constitution and fulfill my responsibility as the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people of Japan, while always wishing for the happiness of the people and the peace of the world, turning my thoughts to the people and standing by them.”

Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019

Source: "Naruhito: Japan’s emperor formally proclaims enthronement in centuries-old ceremony" in CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/asia/japan-enthronement-emperor-intl-hnk/index.html (22 October 2019)

Happiness, People, World, Peace

“Life is short, be grateful, be kind, be happy. Forgive and forget ... Love and peace.”

Wu Chun (1979) Bruneian actor and singer

Source: Wu Chun (2021) cited in " Singer-actor Wu Chun apologises after old photo of him and his wife sparks criticism, allegations https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/singer-actor-wu-chun-apologises-after-old-photo-of-him-and-his-wife-sparks" on The Straits Times, 9 March 2020.

Love, Life, Happiness, Peace

“A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.”

book Bible

Source: Proverbs 15:13

Happiness, Heart

“New Year's Eve is literally filled with good cheer and happy thoughts, as we all try to put our best foot forward. This openness and generosity are the spirit of this wonderful holiday, when it is so important to warm parents’ hearts with kindness and loving care, to hug them if they are near you, and to tell everyone around you how dear they are to you and that happiness is all about love, children, family, and friends.”

Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister

2021

Love, Happiness, Children, Family

“As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process. You're never really happy. I'm certainly not. That's a good thing. It means you're always striving to do better. You hope the next piece will be better.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Source: As quoted in "In conversation with Kate Bush" by Elio Iannacci in MacLeans (28 November 2016) https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/in-conversation-with-kate-bush/

Happiness, Hope, Parting

“Please, as you emerge from your holiday-induced food coma, do give it a quick test so that we can all be happy about the final release next weekend.”

Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker

Torvalds, Linus, 2022-01-02, <nowiki>Linux 5.16-rc8</nowiki>, 2022-01-06 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wg=3dEpPGhz8YvJUDWhFW_GUeASBGmqyw3aPQRfB3ki9w@mail.gmail.com/, 2010s, 2022

Happiness, Food, Holiday

“I look inside myself and I ask, "Do I feel like a man or a woman?" And the answer is... I feel happy.”

Abigail Thorn (1993) British actress and YouTuber

Source: Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story: Philosophy Tube ★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITRzvm0Xtg, 30.01.2021

Happiness, Feeling

“The love is happiness to be only a rotting cloth in the wound of a stranger.”

Doina Ruști (1957) Romanian Writer

Source: The Phanariot Manuscript https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscrisul_fanariot

Love, Happiness, Clothes

“Being happy, a state of mind of inner well-being that terribly disturbs those who are not.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) L'esser felice, uno stato d'animo di benessere interiore che disturba terribilmente chi non lo è.
Source: prevale.net

Happiness

“In life, those who want to be happy make mistakes.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Nella vita, chi vuole essere felice commette errori.
Source: prevale.net

Life, Happiness

“When the evening is over,
put your head upon my shoulder
and I'll tell you something I believe is true:
happiness is me and you.
In a world so distorted,
where the worst is best reported
love may be something that will see us through
Happiness is me and you.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Happiness is Me and You" (song) Song lyrics Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Happiness is Me and You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otmtVnf_aGk (song on YouTube)

Love, Happiness, World

“You say you got a big house out in the country
with a ruddy great swimming pool.
You say you got a lot of things I never had. That's true.
But are you happy?
Are you happy?
Are you happy?
When you get right down to the nitty-gritty,
are you happy? You?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Are You Happy?" (song) Song lyrics Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Are You Happy?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBSdzsybWw (song on YouTube)

Happiness, Housing, Country

“Happy species endowed with infinite appreciation of pleasures and low sensitivity to pain would probably not survive the evolutionary battle.”

Amos Tversky (1937–1996) Israeli psychologist

attributed, but source not available.

Pain, Happiness, Pleasure

“Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher

Happiness, Effort

“Once in a while you’re momentarily conscious of being happy. But I’m superstitious, and I picture Fate—best be respectful, and use a capital F—as a misty presence somewhere up in the sky but not too far away. Always listening, alert and ready to punish forbidden optimism.”

Jack Finney book From Time to Time

Source: From Time to Time (1995), Chapter 1 (p. 38)

Fate, Happiness, Optimism

“Why after all these years we've been together
must you behave as if we'd hardly ever spoken,
let alone met?
It seems that you're happy as long as I'm upset.
Oh why, oh why, oh why?
Is it that you don't love me? Oh why?
Have you just had enough of me?
Oh why do I always have cry myself to sleep
seven days a week?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Why, Oh Why, Oh Why?" (song) Song lyrics Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkzEoOMRojs (song on YouTube)

Love, Happiness, Sleep, Cry

“Once upon a time I drank a little wine,
was as happy as could be, happy as could be,
Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof,
Baby, what do you think you're doing to me?
Told you once before
and I won't tell you no more,
so get down, get down, get down
You're a bad dog, Baby
but I still want you around, around
I still want you around
Hey hey hey”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"Get Down" (song) Song lyrics Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Get Down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXl5P2xO9-o (song on YouTube) Source: (+ Duet with Lulu. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlqoiBV6ETs

Happiness, Dogs, Cats, Thinking

“[T]he main work of life lies in carrying on worthily the great common task of civilization: to play one's due part in the enterprise of feeding some hundreds of millions of men, in seeing that they are protected against violence and fraud, that they have access to justice, and as far as may be to education, that they have some freedom to pursue life and happiness, and are not cut off altogether from the wonders and beauties of the world and the mind of man. To succeed in doing this is civilization: to fail is the defeat of civilization. For civilization is, ultimately, the process whereby a human society in search, as Aristotle puts it, of a "good life for man", gradually overcomes the obstacles, material and other, that stand in its way and makes man increasingly master of his environment.”

Gilbert Murray (1866–1957) Anglo-Australian scholar

1920s, The Ordeal of This Generation: The War, the League and the Future (1929)
Source: "Peace and Strife as Elements in Life: The Ideal of “Unhindered Activity”", pp. 37-38

Life, Men, Happiness, World

“The pandemic has been a lesson for all of us. It taught us what really matters. Our priority should be to find happiness in every little thing instead of materialism. Materialistic things should not matter more than this. Face the challenges instead of running away.”

Nitin Pujari (1990) Indian spiritual leader , Pujari at Salasar Bala ji Rajasthan

During the pandemic in India
Source: https://www.5darianews.com/news/359376-Nitin-Pujari-The-power-of-positivity-gratitude-and-prayer-during-the-pandemic

Happiness

“I am happy enough to think I have the present the real love of my subjects, and lay it down for certain that if I do not show them that I will not permit Ministers to trample on me, that my subjects will in time come to esteem me unworthy of the Crown I wear.”

George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820) King of Great Britain and King of Ireland

Source: Letter to the Earl of Bute (November 1760), quoted in Letters from George III to Lord Bute, 1756–1766, ed. Romney Sedgwick (1939), p. 50

Love, Happiness, Thinking, Time

“It made me very, very, very, very happy, because I met all those I love and I thank the heavens for giving them to me. I thank God for the trouble they went to.”

Lucile Randon (1904–2023) French supercentenarian; world's second oldest living person

COVID-defying nun toasts 117th birthday with wine and prayer https://apnews.com/article/117-nun-covid-second-oldest-french-ff9f0b6be7f4db0ce0917824e740ecd5 (11 February 2021)

Love, God, Happiness

“Happy valentines day. All I have is my hampster and my steroids.”

#1 Broncos Fan

Happiness

“Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Source: Unsourced

Happiness

“Being able to exist in a place where light and dark meet is actually not a recipe for unhappiness. It is a recipe for a deeper kind of happiness.”

Susan Cain book Bittersweet

Bastian, Jonathan (host). "Bittersweet: Susan Cain on the joy of sweet sorrow". KCRW.com (Los Angeles). May 21, 2022.

Happiness, Light

“Food is for taste. Happiness is taste of life.”

Kazeronnie Mak

Life, Happiness, Food

“Seek within. All power dwells in you, infinite power for good. Realise your real nature and be perennially happy and peaceful.”

Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher

Sayings of Swami Sivanada (1947)

Happiness, Peace, Nature

“I like rightists, I am comparatively happy when these people on the right come into power.”

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Excerpt of meeting with Nixon 1972, quoted in The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Road_to_War/SDb3PSD__KwC?hl=en&gbpv=0 (May 9, 2013) by Marvin Kalb. Also quoted in "Nixon Asserts That Western Rightists Pleased Mao" https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/02/archives/nixon-asserts-that-western-rightists-pleased-mao-secret-kissinger.html, The New York Times. (May 2, 1978) 1970s

Happiness, People

“It’s better to be happy than in pursuit of it.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

Happiness

“Happiness isn’t having something for yourself but wanting it for everyone.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

Happiness

“Besides, we should never attempt to balance anybody's misery against somebody else's happiness.”

Karl Popper book Conjectures and Refutations

Source: Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963), pp. 486-487

Happiness

“It was his hope and ambition to cause many deaths. He was an arms salesman by choice, calm and even a little happy to see his products in such demand, capable of trying to clinch a sale at the bedside of a fresh corpse.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 51, “If Your Number Comes Up Then Your Number Comes Up and That’s All There Is to It So What’s the Use of Worrying That’s What I Always Say” (p. 163)

Death, Happiness, Hope

“In some grocery stores there is an expressive sign that says: Today I don't trust, tomorrow I do. I have some desire to compare that sign the promises of happiness that life gives us.”

Daniel Salamanca (1863–1935) President of Bolivia (1863-1935)

Life, Happiness

“It was a light, brief kiss, but it was less an ending than a promise, and he was happy.”

Larry Niven book Dream Park

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 31, “Departures” (p. 429)

Happiness, Kiss, Light

“It is by the progress of philosophy and by the spectacle of the happiness of France, that you will extend the empire of our revolution, and not by the force of arms and by the calamities of war.”

Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician

Speech to the National Convention, 10th April 1793
Misc Quotes

War, Happiness

“The only way to be really happy in such a world as this, is to be ever casting all our cares on God.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: A Call to Prayer (1867), p. 35

God, Happiness, World, Way

“All of humanity knows me. My name is in encyclopedias, in registers and databases. Books have been written; films recorded. I’m happy, I’m satisfied.”

Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) Russian politician and political activist

"Aging Rebel: Vladimir Zhirinovsky Is Enjoying Another Moment" in The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/09/02/aging-rebel-vladimir-zhirinovsky-is-enjoying-another-moment-a55177 (2 September 2016)

Happiness, Books

“Be as happy as the sea of Monaco, as the spoil tips of Donbas!”

Viktor Yanukovych (1950) Ukrainian politician who was the President of Ukraine

Source: [2011-09-14, Янукович: я був у Монте-Карло – Донбас круче! - Укрaїнa - ТСН.ua, https://web.archive.org/web/20110914001604/http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/yanukovich-ya-buv-u-monte-karlo-donbas-kruche.html, 2022-06-12, web.archive.org]

Happiness, Sea

“Happy are they who know not the taste of evil.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

Source: Antigone, Line 583 (Ode II)

Happiness, Evil

“Now men seem, not unreasonably, to form their notions of the supreme good and of happiness from the lives of men.”

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

The Ethics Of Aristotle (Vol. I)

Men, Happiness

“Happiness simply is someone who truly remains beside you whether you succeed or fail.”

Kazeronnie Mak

Happiness

“Politics in its most common form: complaint. No one wanted to do it but everyone was happy to complain about it.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 9, “Natural History” (p. 433)

Happiness

“Beauty was the promise of happiness, not happiness itself; and the anticipated world was often more rich than anything real.”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Red Mars (1992), Chapter 2, “The Voyage Out” (p. 85)

Happiness, World, Beauty

“I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer. Here is our kingdom, the best of monarchies, the best republic. Here is our garden, our happiness.”

Ernst Jünger book The Glass Bees

The Glass Bees (1957)

Happiness, Heart

“Today only the person who no longer believes in a happy ending, only he who has consciously renounced it, is able to live. A happy century does not exist; but there are moments of happiness, and there is freedom in the moment.”

Ernst Jünger book The Glass Bees

The Glass Bees (1957)

Happiness, Freedom, Personality

“Every day, choose what makes you happy.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ogni giorno, scegli ciò che ti rende felice.
Source: prevale.net

Happiness

“There is only one enduring happiness in life—to live for others.”

Leo Tolstoy book Family Happiness

Part 1, chapter 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=eWU4AAAAYAAJ&q=%22there+is+only+one+enduring+happiness+in+life+to+live+for+others%22&pg=PA22#v=onepage Family Happiness (1859)

Life, Happiness

“The criteria for happiness and the meaning of life of a modern person must correspond to the achievements that are obtainable in the process of his genuine self-realization.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

Life, Happiness, Personality

“We will not find happiness in the things we think are ideal and which we think are perfect. Because there is not a single perfection in human life. There are only imperfections. Those who can feel happiness, are those who find beauty in their own imperfections and in others. Happy people are people who are grateful for all their shortcomings”

Titon Rahmawan

#happiness

Life, Happiness, People, Beauty

“Happiness is a life filled with meaning, pleasure, and adventure.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

Life, Happiness, Pleasure

“Reverence for life is an inexhaustible energy source for a meaningful and happy life.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

Life, Happiness

“Disclosure and realization of potential are not only the basis of human happiness but also a duty to conscience and society.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

Happiness

“A romantic partner is not all there is. It is not your only hope of getting the needs that you have reliably met. It is not your only hope of happiness. A great many needs that you have, which you are convinced can only come in the form of a romantic partner, are actually not dependent on a romantic partner.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

Happiness, Hope, Dependency

“If we see a romantic partnership as the only relationship that promises to meet our needs, the only one that will make us happy, the only one in which we can feel secure and establish a sense of guarantee, we will fail to recognize and we will devalue all of the other forms of relationships around us; as well as the plentitude of resources that each one offers us.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

Happiness, Feeling, Sense, Partnership

“In a love story, always make your significant other happy and create a world, capable of lasting a lifetime.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In una storia d'amore, rendi sempre felice la tua dolce metà e crea un mondo, capace di durare una vita.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Happiness, World

“Every woman, from becoming and feeling like a real mother, fights every day like a warrior in the name of love for her child with strength, courage and making great sacrifices; so that she always manages to give him serenity, happiness, security and will to live.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ogni donna, dal diventare e sentirsi una vera madre, lotta ogni giorno come una guerriera nel nome dell'amore per il proprio figlio con forza, coraggio e facendo grandi sacrifici; affinché riesca sempre a donargli serenità, felicità, sicurezza e voglia di vivere.
Source: prevale.net

Love, Happiness, Feeling, Courage

“Women are stars, a gift from heaven. And, when they are happy, they shine with their own light, intense and vital.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le donne sono stelle, un dono del cielo. E, quando sono felici, brillano di una luce propria, intensa e vitale.
Source: prevale.net

Women, Happiness, Star, Light

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Life, Happiness, People, Hell

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Quotes about happiness
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