Happiness Quotes

"Happiness is the recognition of its own impossibility."

"Joy is the sign that one has come into harmony with necessity."

"The pursuit of happiness is legitimate, but happiness itself cannot be pursued directly."

"Happiness is found in the appreciation of what we have, not the pursuit of what we lack."

"Happiness flows from alignment with what is true and real, not from illusions."

"Happiness emerges from acceptance of fundamental suffering."

"Happiness is the accident that befalls those pursuing something else."

"What is it that makes a man happy? The answer is not a simple one."

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

"Desire can produce a kind of magic, but it requires more than desire to produce happiness."

"The happy man is he who has freed himself from fear and from desire in regard to things beyond his control."

"We are not happy; we are only sometimes less unhappy."

"Happiness is the illusion that distraction is peace."

"Happiness is not pursued but discovered in self-forgetfulness."

"Happiness follows when we stop demanding it."

"Happiness is the vertigo of freedom experienced momentarily."

"The moment of ecstasy is the only moment in which we are truly alive."

"Happiness is what we feel when we have stopped trying to feel happy."

"Happiness is found in meaningful work and genuine relationships."

"Happiness lies in meaningful engagement with the world and others."

"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."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly; and very often its pursuit leads to misery."

"The secret to happiness is to stop waiting for life to begin and start appreciating the life you have."

"Happiness and the search for it are allowed to lead men to their death."

"Authentic happiness requires the transformation of society."

"The festival was humanity's greatest invention before it forgot how to celebrate."

"The festival is the return of what society has repressed, now sanctioned and contained."

"The pursuit of happiness becomes the escape from unhappiness."

"The culture industry produces false needs and false happiness."