Happiness Quotes

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

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"Better a tooth out of the mouth than cares in the heart."
Sancho Panza
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"Happiness is found in fulfilling one's duty."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"A person is happy when they find harmony between what they are and what they do."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"The greatest delight which the country affords."
Mr. Bennet
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"The path to happiness is paved with small, honest moments"
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"The soul is healed by making others happy."
Sonya
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"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another"
Edmond Dantès
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"Happiness does not depend upon a full purse, but upon a contented mind."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"All who are happy are happy in the same way; all who are unhappy are unhappy in different ways."
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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"The simple life holds more satisfaction than luxury."
Levin
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"Happiness lies in acceptance, not achievement."
Levin
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"We seek happiness in the wrong places."
Leo Tolstoy (Narrator)
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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."
Platon Karataev
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"Humans are made to be happy, not to be virtuous."
Ivan Karamazov
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"The greatest happiness is not achievement but acceptance."
Sonya
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"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another."
Edmond Dantès
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"What made her unhappy was the lack of passion in her life."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"She pursued pleasure as if it were salvation."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"She could not be satisfied because she did not know what she wanted."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"She had exhausted all her chances at happiness by chasing the wrong ones."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"Life had offered her a simple happiness, but she demanded the impossible."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"She had wanted so much to be happy."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"Happiness is a mirage that disappears as one approaches it."
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"I wanted no more than that."
Jay Gatsby
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"The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"The deeper we look the more we understand that happiness lies not in things but in thoughts."
Pierre Bezukhov
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"There are moments of eternal harmony, a precious and active love."
Dmitri Karamazov
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"Happiness is always someone else's invention"
Gustave Flaubert (Narrator)
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"A little party never killed anybody."
Jay Gatsby