Happiness Quotes

Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.

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"In your pursuit of happiness, do not neglect the cultivation of virtue."
Epictetus
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"You will be miserable as long as you believe yourself to be miserable."
Epictetus
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"If you take joy in something you will naturally want to do it again."
Mencius
"The pursuit of happiness is the greatest good"
Thales of Miletus
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"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Confucius
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"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Zhuangzi
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"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
Zhuangzi
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"Happiness cannot be purchased; it can only be cultivated."
Zhuangzi
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"To have less is to want less; to want less is to be rich."
Zhuangzi
"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."
Marcus Aurelius
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."
Marcus Aurelius
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"When we say pleasure is the goal of life, we mean not the pleasures of the debauched, but freedom from bodily pain and mental anguish."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The happy man is not made so by the nature of things but by the nature of his thoughts."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"True pleasure comes not from gaining new things but from freeing oneself of unnecessary wants."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"The limits of desire are the limits of happiness itself."
Epicureanism Epicurus
"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Laozi
"When you are content to be simply yourself, you stand tall."
Laozi
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
Laozi
"The Master finds joy in simple things."
Laozi
"Those who wish to be happy should cultivate the habit of asking good questions."
Thales of Miletus
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"Do not look for the bird of happiness in distant places. It is in your own nest."
Pythagoras
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"We should not despise the small pleasures, for they often sustain us through difficult times."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"We are happiest when we cease striving for what we do not need."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"A moment of genuine happiness is worth more than years of hollow achievement."
Epicureanism Epicurus
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"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Zhuangzi
"Happiness is found in the simple things."
Thales of Miletus
"When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
Laozi
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"In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
Pythagoras
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"Leave desire behind and follow nature's way."
Zhuangzi
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"When you stop trying to be happy, happiness finds you."
Zhuangzi