Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"We must imagine Sisyphus happy."Albert Camus
"To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others."Albert Camus
"You must imagine Sisyphus happy."Albert Camus
"Thousands of people have decided not to be sad."Albert Camus
"The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."Romain Rolland
"The question of knowing whether one is happy means nothing."Simone de Beauvoir
"To be useful to the world is the only way to be happy."Simone de Beauvoir
"A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance."Anatole France
"To be happy, one must not be too concerned with others."Anatole France
"The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."Montesquieu
"Happiness consists not in sensory pleasures alone."Montesquieu
"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."Marcel Proust
"The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."Romain Rolland
"The pursuit of happiness often prevents its arrival."Romain Rolland
"I think for being happy in this world it is very important to like yourself."André Gide
"The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in my thought, the form of beauty."André Gide
"Let us be useful, then, and let us be happy, if we can."André Gide
"I would rather not think that of myself and be happy."André Gide
"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of."Albert Camus
"We must imagine Sisyphus happy as he pushes his boulder up the hill."Albert Camus
"The essential concept is absurdity, yet we must imagine ourselves as happy."Albert Camus
"No one can live happily who looks only to himself and turns everything to his own advantage."Albert Camus
"Governments exist to secure the happiness of the governed."Montesquieu
"The happiness of a people depends upon the justice of their laws."Montesquieu
"The happiness of man consists in his physical and moral constitution."Denis Diderot
"The supreme happiness is to know oneself."Denis Diderot
"The mind can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven."André Gide
"To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others."André Gide
"Happiness is good health and a bad memory."Marcel Proust
"The most beautiful moments of our life are often unmeasured."Marcel Proust