- Treasure
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness Quotes
On contentment, satisfaction, and what happiness really needs.
This set gathers reflections on happiness as a personal responsibility rather than an external prize, including the idea that no single achievement should be allowed to determine someone's mood. For related feelings, see Joy quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Politics
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
- Brain
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
- Man
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.
- Positive
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The positive and negative states of being bring about action. They cause the loss of balance and of happiness. They cause the eternal revolutions - the changes that follow one upon the other. They explain why happiness cannot be achieved in time.
- Effort
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.
- Nov 07, 2020
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
- Never
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me.
- Money
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I've written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020