"True
and lasting happiness
begins with the sudden
all-encompassing
realization by each
member of the human
family, that we are
truly all limbs of one
body, that we cannot
find our true selves
until we recognize that
everyone is us and we
are everyone. In truth
there is no
separation." (Maya
Sarada Devi)
"Happiness,
whether consisting in
pleasure or virtue, or
both, is more often
found with those who
are highly cultivated
in their mind and in
their character, and
have only a moderate
share of external
goods, than among those
who possess external
goods to a useless
extent but are
deficient in higher
qualities."
(Aristotle)
"Happiness
is not something that
happens. It is not the
result of good fortune
or random chance…Happiness,
in fact, is a condition
that must be prepared
for, cultivated, and
defended privately by
each person." (Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi)
"Most
people ask for
happiness on condition.
Happiness can only be
felt if you don’t set
any condition."
(Arthur Rubenstein)
"Most
folks are about as
happy as they make up
their minds to
be." (Lincoln)
"In
order to be utterly
happy the only thing
necessary is to refrain
from comparing this
moment with other
moments in the past,
which I often did not
fully enjoy because I
was comparing them with
other moments of the
future." (Andre
Gide)
"It
is neither wealth nor
splendor, but
tranquility and
occupation, which give
happiness."
(Thomas Jefferson)
"Happiness
is a butterfly, which
when pursued, is always
just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you sit
down quietly, may
alight upon you."
(Nathaniel Hawthorne)
"We
have no more right to
consume happiness
without producing it
than to consume wealth
without producing
it." (Bernard
Shaw)
"Happiness
is not something that
happens. It is not the
result of good fortune
or random
chance...Happiness in
fact, is a condition
that must be prepared
for, cultivated, and
defended privately by
each person." (Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi)
