Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"Without dedication to something beyond yourself, happiness remains hollow."Maria Montessori
"The capacity to be happy requires the formation of the personality during the impressionable years of childhood."Maria Montessori
"Happiness comes from living in harmony with our nature and our community"Friedrich Schleiermacher
"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with all the club we can muster."Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"The purest happiness comes from striving to become a better person."Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Unhappiness consists in the disparity between our talents and our ambitions."Friedrich Hegel
"The condition of our happiness is a secret we must always maintain."Friedrich Hegel
"True happiness comes not from acquiring possessions, but from developing our inner capacities."Johann Pestalozzi
"To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness."John Dewey
"The capacity for growth determines the capacity for happiness."John Dewey
"The teacher who can awaken a feeling of one single pure joy has done more for the child than if he has crammed into the child's head a thousand of the most instructive formulas."John Amos Comenius
"Unhappiness and pain characterize the lives of most human beings."Friedrich Hegel
"Unhappiness is the privilege of great souls."Friedrich Hegel
"The real object of education is not to make the child learned, but to make him happy."Johann Pestalozzi
"Happiness comes from the development of our natural abilities."Johann Pestalozzi
"Happiness emerges from the integration of all aspects of our being."Friedrich Schleiermacher
"There is no greater joy than that brought by the consciousness of development."Maria Montessori
"The most wonderful discovery a child can make is that learning is joyful."Maria Montessori
"Learning is a joyful process when the child is allowed to follow his natural inclinations."Maria Montessori
"The greatest reward of the teacher is to see a child's eyes light up with discovery."Maria Montessori
"The highest happiness is when a man's desires coincide with his duties."Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Only through joy does a person advance."Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"Happiness is not something ready-made, it comes from your own actions."Johann Wolfgang Goethe
"The pursuit of happiness is best achieved through serving others."John Amos Comenius
"Happiness is found in the alignment of life with purpose."John Amos Comenius
"The good is that which is continuous and cumulative in experience."John Dewey
"The pursuit of happiness is misguided; happiness comes through meaningful engagement."John Dewey
"The history of the world is not the soil of happiness."Friedrich Hegel
"The good of the human being is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue."Ibn Sina