Happiness Quotes

Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.

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"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."
Jérémie Bentham
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"Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The mind of man is naturally prone to pleasure."
Jérémie Bentham
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"Morality and legislation ought to aim at the happiness of the members of the community."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The happiness of individuals is the end and object of legislation."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The science of legislation is the science of happiness."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The greatest good is that which produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The mind naturally seeks happiness and avoids pain."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The chain of happiness is forged by links of utility."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The utility of happiness must be the ultimate guide."
Jérémie Bentham
"Happiness comes not from what government provides but from what we achieve ourselves"
Friedrich Hayek
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"Happiness lies not in the achievement of goals, but in the journey toward them."
Johann Tetens
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"Happiness is not found but created through the quality of our attention."
Johann Tetens
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"The pleasure of virtue lies in its material rewards and sensations."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Happiness is achieved through the proper ordering of bodily functions."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Pleasure is the machine's signal that it operates in proper harmony."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"The pursuit of happiness is man's only rational purpose."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
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"Satisfaction comes from gratifying each appetite in proper measure."
Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Happiness cannot be pursued directly; it is a byproduct of meaningful activity."
Friedrich Hayek
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"Happiness lies in the harmony between perception and reality."
George Berkeley
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"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The happiness of mankind depends on the proper administration of justice."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The best legislation is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The path to happiness lies through a just and equitable society."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The happiness of the state depends on the virtue of its citizens and the justice of its laws."
Cesare Beccaria
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"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The world runs away with the very idea that we have a natural right to happiness."
Jérémie Bentham
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"I am the greatest happiness calculator."
Jérémie Bentham
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"The absence of pain and disappointment is pleasure."
Jérémie Bentham
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"A man is happy when his condition is better than he expected it to be."
Jérémie Bentham