Happiness Quotes

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

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"True happiness consists in goodwill."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but he who seems thus to himself."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Our greatest happiness does not depend on our conditions."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"All who are happy are equal in their happiness."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Pleasure consists in the absence of pain."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"The pursuit of happiness is a fundamental right."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"To be happy, one must consent to be completely free."
Albert Camus
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"We must imagine Sisyphus happy."
Albert Camus
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"If we only took care to let people alone, we should be happy."
Montesquieu
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"Mankind in general are happiest when they are least restrained."
Montesquieu
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"The happiness of a nation is not merely the happiness of individuals."
Montesquieu
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"The pursuit of happiness often prevents its achievement."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"To be occupied in doing good is the truest way to be happy."
Denis Diderot
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"The happiness of society is the true end of government."
Denis Diderot
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"The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action."
Denis Diderot
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"The greatest source of happiness is the ability to contribute to the happiness of others."
Denis Diderot
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"To be happy, we must learn to live as ourselves, not as others wish us to be."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"The only true happiness is in knowing one's self."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Happiness is not found but created through our choices."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"The gratification of desire is not happiness; the satisfaction of duty is."
André Gide
"The secret of my happiness is that I look beyond my miseries."
André Gide
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"To be happy is to love oneself without illusions."
Albert Camus
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads to its opposite."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"True happiness comes not from riches, but from virtue and peace of mind."
Montesquieu
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"The greatest pleasures of life come from the simplest sources."
Montesquieu
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"The only way to avoid being miserable is to cease to care."
Denis Diderot
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"The greatest pleasures are the ones we have to wait for."
Denis Diderot
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it."
Denis Diderot
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"The pursuit of happiness often obscures happiness that already exists."
Simone de Beauvoir