Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"In the pursuit of wealth, men often forget that true richness consists in having few wants and the ability to satisfy them."Adam Smith
"The pursuit of happiness is the great business of life; but we often mistake the means for the end."Adam Smith
"The greatest human happiness consists in having the freedom to pursue one's own interests."Thomas Hobbes
"Arts of public happiness are arts of peace."Thomas Hobbes
"A man's happiness depends upon the knowledge of eternal truths."Thomas Hobbes
"Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another."Thomas Hobbes
"My greatest satisfaction is in the freedom of others."José de San Martín
"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of freedom."José de San Martín
"La libertad es el derecho de todo hombre a ser feliz."Benito Juárez
"The greatest good we can do is to advance the happiness of our kind."David Hume
"The pleasure of sudden understanding is the only pleasure of contemplation."Thomas Hobbes
"All signs and interpretations of happiness depend upon the desires of the mind."Thomas Hobbes
"The greatest contentment comes from the secure possession of what we desire."Thomas Hobbes
"The pursuit of happiness without boundaries leads to self-destruction."Thomas Hobbes
"Joy is the passage of a man from a lesser to a greater perfection."Baruch Spinoza
"Happiness consists in the power of maintaining being and of performing actions conducive to the preservation and perfection of life."Baruch Spinoza
"Understanding is joy accompanying the idea of our own power."Baruch Spinoza
"Every person has the right to pursue their own happiness."Benito Juárez
"The pursuit of happiness must be guided by morality."Benito Juárez
"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."Adam Smith
"The security and happiness of mankind seem to require that certain moral sentiments should be formed and cultivated."Adam Smith
"A person is happy when they understand themselves."David Hume
"True happiness cannot be found in external circumstances alone."David Hume
"To be happy we must be able to find contentment in simplicity."David Hume
"Happiness is not something ready made; it comes from your own actions."John Locke
"The greatest pleasure of life is to live according to nature and virtue."John Locke
"The pleasure of life exists in seeing others happy."Peter Kropotkin
"The happiness of a people is the measure of a government's success."José de San Martín
"The pursuit of happiness is less important than the pursuit of purpose."Benito Juárez
"Every person deserves not just survival, but the opportunity to thrive."Toussaint L'Ouverture