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
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"The pursuit of happiness through virtue is the only enduring path."
Jean Bodin
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"The joy we get from living comes from struggle and effort."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Happiness follows naturally from living in accordance with reason."
Christian Wolff
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"The pursuit of happiness through external means often leads to emptiness."
Christian Wolff
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"The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."
Johann Goethe
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"A man's as miserable as he's decided to be."
Johann Goethe
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"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
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"Happiness cannot be purchased or bestowed; it must be earned through the exercise of one's faculties."
Catharine Macaulay
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"Happiness is not a destination but a direction of travel."
Johann Herder
"The pursuit of happiness through virtue is our highest calling."
Moses Mendelssohn
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"Contentment is the philosopher's stone that turns all to gold."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Only those who have suffered understand the true meaning of joy."
Friedrich Schiller
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"Happiness arises from understanding our place in the rational order of creation."
Christian Wolff
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"Every pleasure that does not serve perfection becomes a prison of the soul."
Christian Wolff
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"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
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"I find joy in intellectual discovery."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"I find eternal joy in the work of the mind."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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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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"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
Johann Goethe
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"The happiness of life depends upon the quality of the thoughts which one entertains during the day."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The true spirit of delight is the exaltation of the spirit."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"Happiness consists of a modest living and a kind heart."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
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"The greatest pleasure is in the discovery itself."
Carl Linnaeus
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"The happiness of men consists in the enjoyment of their rights."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"The pursuit of happiness begins within."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Man is unhappy because he does not know he is happy; it is only that which makes him unhappy."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
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"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach