Happiness Quotes

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

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"Happiness is not a destination but a byproduct of living according to our nature."
Johann Tetens
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"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."
Johann Goethe
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"Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must."
Johann Goethe
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"Create, in order that you may be happy."
Johann Goethe
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"The greatest good is the happiness of the greatest number."
Johann Herder
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"True happiness lies in the contentment of the heart."
Johann Herder
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"Happiness springs from the pursuit of virtue and reason."
Catharine Macaulay
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"To be useful to the world is the only way to be happy."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Joy is given, not earned."
Friedrich Schiller
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"The moment of supreme happiness is when a human being becomes greater than himself."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Contentment gives a crown, though made of straws."
George Berkeley
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"Happiness is found in the simple things."
Hugo Grotius
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"Happiness comes from understanding one's place in the grand order of things."
Christian Wolff
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"Pleasure pursued for its own sake leads away from true happiness."
Christian Wolff
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"Happiness flows from virtue and good deeds"
Jean Bodin
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"The greatest wealth is contentment with what we have."
Hugo Grotius
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"The pursuit of happiness must be tempered by virtue."
Hugo Grotius
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"Every nation has the center of happiness within itself."
Johann Herder
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"The pursuit of happiness requires first the pursuit of truth."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Happiness pursued for its own sake becomes elusive; it comes through virtue."
Catharine Macaulay
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"The hours that make us happy make us wise."
Johann Goethe
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"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."
Johann Goethe
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"Joy is the mainspring of all action and the sun of human life."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Those who seek only pleasure find it fleeting; those who seek purpose find lasting joy."
Friedrich Schiller
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"True happiness arises from the alignment of our will with rational principles."
Christian Wolff
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"Happiness and virtue are not separate pursuits but aspects of the same goal."
Christian Wolff
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"The satisfaction found in genuine understanding surpasses all material pleasures."
Christian Wolff
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"Every man desires happiness, yet few understand what it truly is."
Giovanni Vico
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"Happiness is found not in possession, but in understanding."
Hugo Grotius
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"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of understanding oneself."
Hugo Grotius