Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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