Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough."
Emily Dickinson
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"I taste a liquor never brewed in any vat."
Emily Dickinson
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"How happy is the little Stone that rambles in the Road."
Emily Dickinson
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"The reaching of the Soul defines the altitude of Joy."
Emily Dickinson
"Happiness is a choice."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"The time-honored bread sauce of the happy ending."
Henry James
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"To live is to recognize the beauty in small moments."
Henry James
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"Happiness is found in simplicity, not complexity."
François Mauriac
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience; this is the ideal life."
Mark Twain
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life; indeed, this is happiness."
Mark Twain
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"The greatest happiness is that which flows from the exertion of our own faculties."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Happiness is a butterfly that alights on us unawares and flies away when pursued."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The pursuit of perfection is the enemy of contentment."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The secret of happiness is always avoiding what you cannot bear."
Herman Melville
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"The pursuit of happiness often prevents its attainment."
Herman Melville
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"A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance."
Anatole France
"The pursuit of happiness is what prevents us from being happy."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Happiness is the moment before you realize the truth."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"The pursuit of happiness often prevents us from achieving it."
François Mauriac
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"Happiness is found not in arrival but in the journey itself."
François Mauriac
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"The Heart asks Pleasure first and then Excuse from Pain."
Emily Dickinson
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"The Way to Bliss is through the Door of Truth."
Emily Dickinson
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"Happiness is not a reward—it is a consequence."
Henry James
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"The sunshine may invigorate the human soul to activity or cheerfulness."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us a wild-goose chase."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The happiness of this life depends upon the composition of the mind."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Happiness is for the weak; strength comes from suffering."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Happiness is not a destination, it is a manner of travel."
Romain Rolland
"Happiness flows from gratitude."
Romain Rolland