Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"We must learn to distinguish between comfort and happiness, which are often enemies."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Happiness is not a destination but a consequence of right living."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Happiness is a rare plant that grows not everywhere."
Maxim Gorky
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"The pursuit of happiness is itself a happiness."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"A man cannot be forced to be happy against his will, for happiness is a state of mind."
August Strindberg
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"Happiness is not a destination; it is the quality of the journey."
August Strindberg
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"The path to happiness is paved with difficult choices."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Happiness is the shadow that follows a life well-lived."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Happiness is not a destination but a direction of travel."
Boris Pasternak
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"Joy is the best medicine."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it was."
Maxim Gorky
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"The happiness of man is not made up of continual pleasures, but of continual progress."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"The pursuit of happiness without the pursuit of truth is a fool's journey."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Happiness is found in the simple things of life."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Perfect happiness is a serious matter; it demands sincerity and courage."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"If you want to be happy, be."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"Happiness is a choice we make daily."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"Happiness is a byproduct of meaningful work, not its goal."
Nikolai Gogol
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"Happiness is not a destination but a direction of travel."
Boris Pasternak
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"The pursuit of happiness is what prevents us from being happy."
Boris Pasternak
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"Happiness is not a destination but a direction."
Maxim Gorky
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it."
Maxim Gorky
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"To say that a man is vain means that he is unhappy."
Ivan Turgenev
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"A man is happy when he feels that he is making a difference."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Happiness exists in acceptance and peace of mind."
Aleksandr Pushkin
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"The happy and the unhappy rely on so different a basis that we can scarce say they are of the same species."
Anton Chekhov
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"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."
Anton Chekhov
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"We chase happiness as if it were a fleeing deer we could eventually catch."
Mikhail Lermontov