Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"Wealth accumulated unjustly will never bring peace to the soul."Jean Bodin
"The pursuit of happiness through virtue is the only enduring path."Jean Bodin
"The joy we get from living comes from struggle and effort."Friedrich Schiller
"Happiness follows naturally from living in accordance with reason."Christian Wolff
"The pursuit of happiness through external means often leads to emptiness."Christian Wolff
"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."Johann Goethe
"A man's as miserable as he's decided to be."Johann Goethe
"The pursuit of happiness has always been the highest human right."Johann Goethe
"Happiness is found in the harmony of body and soul."Moses Mendelssohn
"Happiness cannot be purchased or bestowed; it must be earned through the exercise of one's faculties."Catharine Macaulay
"Happiness is not a destination but a direction of travel."Johann Herder
"The pursuit of happiness through virtue is our highest calling."Moses Mendelssohn
"Contentment is the philosopher's stone that turns all to gold."Friedrich Schiller
"Only those who have suffered understand the true meaning of joy."Friedrich Schiller
"Happiness arises from understanding our place in the rational order of creation."Christian Wolff
"Every pleasure that does not serve perfection becomes a prison of the soul."Christian Wolff
"The cultivation of reason in the human breast is the truest path to happiness."Catharine Macaulay
"The pursuit of happiness often leads away from happiness itself."Moses Mendelssohn
"I find joy in intellectual discovery."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"I find eternal joy in the work of the mind."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."Johann Goethe
"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."Johann Goethe
"The happiness of life depends upon the quality of the thoughts which one entertains during the day."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The true spirit of delight is the exaltation of the spirit."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"Happiness consists of a modest living and a kind heart."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"The greatest pleasure is in the discovery itself."Carl Linnaeus
"The happiness of men consists in the enjoyment of their rights."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"The pursuit of happiness begins within."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Man is unhappy because he does not know he is happy; it is only that which makes him unhappy."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach