Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"I seek not happiness but authenticity, and find them mutually exclusive."Mikhail Lermontov
"You can either be right or you can be happy."James Joyce
"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Without suffering, what is the value of joy?"Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."Leo Tolstoy
"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."Leo Tolstoy
"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him."Leo Tolstoy
"If you want to be happy, be."Leo Tolstoy
"I am confident that there is only one way to real happiness, and that is through the heart."Leo Tolstoy
"Cheerfulness is not found in money, nor in great achievements."Anton Chekhov
"I've experienced such joy as only a few experience."Anton Chekhov
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."Anton Chekhov
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."Anton Chekhov
"How unhappy the very rich and the very poor must be!"Ivan Turgenev
"The only true happiness is in accepting what cannot be changed."Ivan Turgenev
"We are happy when for everything inside us, there is a corresponding something outside."William Butler Yeats
"Happiness is not a destination but a journey."Samuel Beckett
"Happiness blooms where acceptance grows."Samuel Beckett
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."Oscar Wilde
"Happiness is of a serious nature; it is not made for jokes."Oscar Wilde
"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."Leo Tolstoy
"If you want to be happy, be."Leo Tolstoy
"The richest person is not one who has the most, but one who wants the least."Leo Tolstoy
"The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it; seek purpose instead."Leo Tolstoy
"Happiness is not a destination but a way of traveling."James Joyce
"I wish I could be happy, but I can't."Samuel Beckett
"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."Anton Chekhov
"The happy life of any man is always unknown, and therefore not worthy of envy."Anton Chekhov
"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how great and precious it is."Anton Chekhov