Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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"Happiness emerges from authentic living."
Giordano Bruno
B
"Happiness springs from living according to one's principles."
Baltasar Gracián
D
"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."
Desiderius Erasmus
D
"The happy man is not the one who seems happy to others."
Desiderius Erasmus
"The greatest wealth is contentment with one's station in life."
Thomas More
"The pursuit of happiness through virtue is the only pursuit worth making."
Thomas More
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"It is good to mix pleasure with study, and only as much severity as is conducive to progress."
Michel de Montaigne
M
"The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts."
Michel de Montaigne
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"The pursuit of happiness is found in the pursuit of meaning."
Giordano Bruno
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"Happiness pursued directly always escapes; approached indirectly, it appears."
Giordano Bruno
G
"Happiness is the byproduct of living according to one's nature."
Giordano Bruno
D
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants and contented mind."
Desiderius Erasmus
D
"Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression."
Desiderius Erasmus
D
"In the society of rational beings, the individual finds his greatest happiness."
Desiderius Erasmus
D
"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
Desiderius Erasmus
D
"In my view, the greatest pleasure lies in intellectual contemplation."
Desiderius Erasmus
D
"The pursuit of happiness without virtue is the pursuit of a shadow."
Desiderius Erasmus
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"Happiness is found in the pursuit of understanding, not possession."
Niccolò Copernicus
"Happiness is found not in getting what we want but in wanting what we have."
Thomas More
M
"As our life is short, so it behooves us to make it agreeable to ourselves and to others."
Michel de Montaigne
M
"Life would be tedious if we always acted with perfect propriety."
Michel de Montaigne
"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."
Diogenes Laërtius
"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
Diogenes Laërtius
"I praise the man who is happy, but I will believe him to be happy only when he is dead."
Diogenes Laërtius
"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."
Diogenes Laërtius
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."
Diogenes Laërtius
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"To live virtuously is to live in harmony with the divine order."
Porphyry
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"Virtue is its own reward."
Porphyry
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"Knowledge of the divine is the highest good."
Porphyry
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"The wise man's wealth is the wealth of his soul."
Porphyry