All Quotes By Tag: Happiness

“Four thousand miles away, across a continent, across an ocean, was an island. And there, secure in the timelessness of all things irretrievably lost, was happiness—like a bird singing or a flower growing. He had possessed it, he had misused it—for to do anything with happiness but to receive it as the ear receives the song of a bird or the nostril the scent of a flower is to misuse it; he had left it. But because he had left it of his own will it had given him—a parting gift—this touchstone to carry forever in his heart, wherewith to try and infallibly dismiss any solace, whether by chance or plotted by the treachery of his desires, that might come to him and say, I too am happiness.”

“Love is an incurable disease. In love, there is permanent suffering. Those who love and those who are happy are not the same”

“Key to happiness I do not know what other people say,But what I know is that my key to happiness lies beneath my dark secrets and my deep sorrows. And I don’t have what it takes to get that key.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

“Was it wrong to hope to be happy?”

“The warm breezes are coming in the window like quiet happiness.”

“When you say you are in pursuit of happiness, what you essentially mean is that you are expecting your environment to always act in ways that would elicit an emotion of happiness in your heart. It is exactly as absurd as it sounds.”

“You need to let go of yesterday’s sadness, to make room for today’s happiness.”

“Pursuing happiness, and I did, and still do, is not at all the same thing as being happy – which I think is fleeting, dependent on circumstances, and a bit bovine…The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centered.What you are pursuing is meaning – a meaningful life…There are times when it will go so wrong that you will barely be alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else’s terms.”

“When I think about what would make me happy, I am struck by how basic my desires are. I want to feel that I’m progressing through life; I want a meaningful relationship and an engaging career. I want to live in a place that feels like home. What I want is what everyone wants – so ordinary as to be cliched. Why is that so hard to find?”

“Everyone wishes to be happy but in this quick fix, fast paced world it’s becoming increasingly difficult to be truly content. While we assume that happiness depends on external factors, it actually has a lot to do with our attitude and perspective.”

“At root, I am happy with myself. I do not mind being alone.”

“Happiness depends not on things around me, but on my attitude. Alfred MontapertThe monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion. Alfred Montapert No better words than “thank you” have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one’s heart, when the two words are sincerely spoken. Alfred MontapertThe man or woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the bowed frame of years, you will always see the dear face and feel the warm heart union of eternal love.Alfred MontapertThe finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain and opens his mind to the genius and spirit of the world’s greatest ideas. He will feel inspired with the purest and noblest thoughts that have ever animated the spirit of humanity. Alfred Montapert.”

“Don’t ruin your own happiness by letting someone’s wickedness hurt you.”

“We all deserve to experience genuine happiness and can easily do so.”