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
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"You can either be right or you can be happy."
James Joyce
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"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Without suffering, what is the value of joy?"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
Leo Tolstoy
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"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
Leo Tolstoy
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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him."
Leo Tolstoy
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"If you want to be happy, be."
Leo Tolstoy
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"I am confident that there is only one way to real happiness, and that is through the heart."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Cheerfulness is not found in money, nor in great achievements."
Anton Chekhov
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"I've experienced such joy as only a few experience."
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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"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
Anton Chekhov
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"How unhappy the very rich and the very poor must be!"
Ivan Turgenev
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"The only true happiness is in accepting what cannot be changed."
Ivan Turgenev
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"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
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"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
Oscar Wilde
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"Happiness is of a serious nature; it is not made for jokes."
Oscar Wilde
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"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."
Leo Tolstoy
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"If you want to be happy, be."
Leo Tolstoy
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"The richest person is not one who has the most, but one who wants the least."
Leo Tolstoy
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it; seek purpose instead."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Happiness is not a destination but a way of traveling."
James Joyce
"I wish I could be happy, but I can't."
Samuel Beckett
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"People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."
Anton Chekhov
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"The happy life of any man is always unknown, and therefore not worthy of envy."
Anton Chekhov
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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 great and precious it is."
Anton Chekhov