The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. (Plato)
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. (Dale Carnegie)
Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself. (Norman Vincent Peale)
There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. (Henry David Thoreau)
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. (Helen Keller)
Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the willingness to deal with them joyfully. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)
Love is trembling happiness. (Kahlil Gibran)
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. (Anne Frank)
Simple living is the way to happy living. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)
Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool. (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
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Showing posts with label Happiness. Show all posts
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Happiness
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was a pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. His philosophy and leadership helped India gain independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi earnestly believed that a person involved in public service should lead a simple life. He making his own clothes, eating a vegetarian diet, and using fasts for self-purification as well as a means of protest. Simple living and high thinking, it was by practising this truth that Mahatma Gandhi could enjoy that happiness which a humble follower of his is unable to have even in the palatial Rashtrapati Bhavan. Gandhi realized that peace and happiness result from a liberated life.
Mohandas K. Gandhi Quotes
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Happiness is looking in a mirror and liking what you see.
True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Happiness
Happiness is a direction, not a place. (Sydney J. Harris)
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. (Zhuangzi)
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great. (Willa Chater)
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. (Margaret Storm Jameson)
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely on what you think. (Dale Carnegie)
Getting what you go after is success, but liking it while you are getting it is happiness. (Bertha Damon)
Indeed, man wished to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. (St. Augustine)
Your greatest gift to others is to be happy and to radiate your happiness to the entire world. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)
The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. (Carl Jung)
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. (Zhuangzi)
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great. (Willa Chater)
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. (Margaret Storm Jameson)
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely on what you think. (Dale Carnegie)
Getting what you go after is success, but liking it while you are getting it is happiness. (Bertha Damon)
Indeed, man wished to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. (St. Augustine)
Your greatest gift to others is to be happy and to radiate your happiness to the entire world. (Jonathan Lockwood Huie)
The word "happiness" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. (Carl Jung)
Happiness
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. (Allan K. Chalmer)
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. (Bernard Meltzer)
Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to deal with it. (Anonymous)
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things. (La Rochefoucauld)
Happiness does not depend on the outward things, but on the way we see them. (Leo Tolstoy)
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. (John Barrymore)
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. (Jacques Prévert)
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results. (Dennis Wholey)
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. (Arthur Rubinstein)
The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry, live simply, expect little, give much. (Carol Borges)
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. (Bernard Meltzer)
Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to deal with it. (Anonymous)
Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things. (La Rochefoucauld)
Happiness does not depend on the outward things, but on the way we see them. (Leo Tolstoy)
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. (John Barrymore)
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. (Jacques Prévert)
Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results. (Dennis Wholey)
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. (Arthur Rubinstein)
The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry, live simply, expect little, give much. (Carol Borges)
Aristotle: Happiness
Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) was one of the greatest thinkers in the history of western science and philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato who in turn studied under Socrates. More than anybody else, Aristotle enshrines happiness as a central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. Aristotle believed virtues led to happiness. The happiness that Aristotle spoke of was not necessarily the same that we would think of today. Aristotle thought that the practice of virtues would equate to happiness, in the sense of being all you could be.
Aristotle Quotes
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
Happiness
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. (Helen Keller)
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. (Helen Keller)
Being happy doesn't mean you're perfect. It just means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. (K.B Indiana)
Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. (Democritus)
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. (14th Dalai Lama)
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (Oscar Wilde)
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim)
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness. (Lao-tzu)
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. (Helen Keller)
Being happy doesn't mean you're perfect. It just means you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. (K.B Indiana)
Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. (Democritus)
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. (14th Dalai Lama)
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. (Oscar Wilde)
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. (James Oppenheim)
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness. (Lao-tzu)
Happiness
The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness. (Maharishi Yogi)
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think. (Wayne Dyer)
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. (Norman MacEwan)
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others. (Buddha)
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you. (David Burns)
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. (Barbara de Angelis)
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. (Benjamin Disraeli)
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. (C.P. Snow)
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action. (Madame de Stael)
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Happiness is something that you are and it comes from the way you think. (Wayne Dyer)
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. (Norman MacEwan)
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others. (Buddha)
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you. (David Burns)
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change. (Barbara de Angelis)
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. (Benjamin Disraeli)
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. (C.P. Snow)
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action. (Madame de Stael)
14th Dalai Lama: Happiness
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lamas are the manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who chose to reincarnate to serve the people. Dalai Lama means Ocean of Wisdom. Tibetans normally refer to His Holiness as Yeshin Norbu, the Wish-fulfilling Gem, or simply, Kundun, meaning The Presence. The Dalai Lama talks a lot about happiness and how to achieve it. It’s always a real pleasure to hear his wisdom as well as his sharp mind speaking. He added that happiness consists of both physical happiness and experiential happiness of the mind. He expressed concern that the nature of happiness has changed throughout humanity’s time on earth, with an increasing focus on materialism.
14th Dalai Lama Quotes
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.