Happiness Quotes

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

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"Happiness does not depend on external circumstances but on the disposition of the soul."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"The pursuit of happiness is often what prevents us from being happy."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"All sorrows are less with bread."
Sancho Panza
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"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"If I could but see you as happy! I should have no other desire."
Jane Bennet
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"Hunger is the best sauce in the world."
Sancho Panza
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"Every person has a right to pursue their own happiness."
Anna Karenina
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"Expectation is often the enemy of happiness."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads to its loss."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"The greatest happiness is when a man is at peace with himself."
Levin
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"The pursuit of happiness often destroys it."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"He who is not happy with a little, is not happy with a lot."
Jean Valjean
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"He had never felt so alive, so real, so free."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"The secret of happiness lies in the moment."
Edmond Dantès
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"The sweetness of life lies in the ordinary."
Levin
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"How little a man needs for happiness!"
Raskolnikov
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"I should like balls infinitely better if they were carried on in a different manner."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Engaged to Mr. Darcy! My sweetest Lizzy, how rich and how great you will be!"
Mrs. Bennet
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"In seeking happiness, we often destroy it."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"A man is always happy so long as he chooses to be"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"The greatest riches is a contented mind."
Sancho Panza
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"Happiness requires acceptance of one's circumstances."
Levin
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"I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed."
Jane Bennet
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"The supreme happiness is to be convinced that one is loved."
Marius Pontmercy
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"The supreme joy is to serve others."
Jean Valjean
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"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another."
Edmond Dantès
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"People are not born for happiness; happiness must be earned."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"I believe that to be happy is to love and be loved."
Kitty Shcherbatskaya
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"Hunger is the best sauce in the world."
Sancho Panza