Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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"The contemplative life is the happy life."
Francis Bacon
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"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Happiness is found in simplicity."
Francesco Petrarch
"The pursuit of happiness begins with understanding ourselves."
Juan Luis Vives
"True happiness comes from contributing to others' wellbeing."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Happiness is not a destination but a manner of traveling."
Matteo Ricci
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"The pursuit of happiness is the surest path away from it."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Happiness is found not in great achievements, but in small contentments."
Baltasar Gracián
"In the calculation of human happiness, the intangible factors outweigh all the material ones."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"The pursuit of happiness is found in meaningful work."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Happiness is the natural result of living according to reason."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Happiness is found in simplicity."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Happiness is a choice we make."
Raphael Sanzio
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"True happiness is inner contentment."
Giordano Bruno
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"Happiness is found in simplicity."
Giordano Bruno
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."
Thomas More
"Such is the nature of all human happiness."
Thomas More
"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of truth."
Thomas More
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"True happiness comes from wanting what you have, not having what you want."
Baltasar Gracián
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"The happiness of anticipation often exceeds the happiness of possession."
Baltasar Gracián
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"The pursuit of happiness often prevents its discovery."
Giordano Bruno
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"There is no greater folly than to run after happiness."
Michel de Montaigne
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"One should not take life so seriously to the point where one loses the will to live."
Michel de Montaigne
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"He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"To know nothing is the happiest life."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."
Desiderius Erasmus
"Happiness is not the destination of life, but the manner of the journey."
Thomas More
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"Happiness is found in the pursuit of meaning."
Giordano Bruno
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"The pursuit of happiness begins with self-knowledge."
Giordano Bruno