Happiness Quotes

"What is the good? The good is to lead a decent life in a world of strife."

"The pursuit of happiness is a right, not a destination."

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."

"The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible."

"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years."

"The pursuit of happiness is noble, but the cultivation of purpose is divine."

"Happiness is not something to find; it is something to cultivate."

"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years."

"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life."

"Happiness is not by chance, but is earned through conscious effort."

"The good life cannot be achieved through external goods alone."

"The person of virtue takes pleasure in doing what is right."

"The human good includes but is not limited to pleasure or preference satisfaction."

"The flourishing life is not a matter of accumulating possessions or experiences."

"The good life is achieved through the cultivation of virtues in community."

"Happiness emerges through engagement with activities we find genuinely meaningful."

"Happiness is not a state but a direction."

"Happiness is found in the fulfillment of our potential."

"The pursuit of happiness divorced from the pursuit of meaning is self-defeating."

"The pursuit of happiness often causes us to miss it entirely."

"The pursuit of happiness destroys happiness itself."

"We must learn to want what we need, not need what we want."

"Happiness is found in the spaces between ambition and contentment."

"Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly."

"Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness."

"The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, is the touchstone of the highest excellence."

"Pleasure may be divided into two kinds: intellectual and sensual; and the former are always the most refined and valuable."

"One of the drawbacks of a social conscience is that the rare moments of individual happiness become a source of guilty distress."

"One cannot be happy alone; one needs company to be joyful and festive."

"The pursuit of happiness without the pursuit of justice is ultimately futile."