Happiness Quotes

"World history is not the soil of happiness; happiness is not the concern of history."

"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."

"Comparison is the thief of joy in the human heart."

"The present generation wants to be happy, not to be great."

"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."

"Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove."

"The way to maximize human welfare is to minimize human suffering."

"The pursuit of pleasure is the only rational goal of human life."

"The greatest happiness principle is the only true morality."

"The greatest felicity is achieved when the greatest number feel the greatest pleasure."

"The happiness of the individual is best served by the happiness of society."

"Happiness is not something to be pursued directly; it results from virtuous action."

"All pleasure is good, and all pain is bad; the task is to maximize the former and minimize the latter."

"The path to happiness lies in understanding and acting on the principle of utility."

"To be happy, one must live according to reason and calculate consequences carefully."

"The happiness of all should be the ultimate goal of every moral and political system."

"The greatest happiness principle is not a luxury; it is a necessity for social peace."

"Abundance of material goods does not guarantee abundance of spirit."

"We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without."

"The more a man cultivates his reason, the more unhappy he becomes."

"Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."

"World history is not the soil of happiness. The periods of happiness in it are blank pages."

"The art of life is to know how to enjoy it"

"Happiness is not made but discovered"

"The only true desire of a rational being is the desire for happiness and the conditions necessary to achieve it."

"The development of individuality is one of the essential ingredients of human happiness."

"The happiness of others is not a constraint on our own but a condition for it."

"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation."

"Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove."

"Sensibility to pleasure and to pain is a pre-requisite for happiness."