“When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.”
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“Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.”
“A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.”
“And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.”
“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.”
“Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.”
“In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.”
“The will of man is his happiness.”
“Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!”
“It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.”
“Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.”
“You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.”
“Happiness is no laughing matter.”
“Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.”
“Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.”
“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.”
“We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.”
“Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.”
“Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.”
“Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.”
“Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.”
“I've worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you're in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You're taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work.”
“People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.”
“Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.”