Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"You gotta have a little fun, or what's the point of living?"Randle McMurphy
"Happiness is found in acceptance of what we cannot change"Platon Karataev
"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better"O'Brien
"I feel fine, I feel like a new man."Randle McMurphy
"And that, you see, is the secret of happiness and virtue—liking what you've got to do."Mustapha Mond
"Happiness is a hard master."John the Savage
"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery."Mustapha Mond
"The World's stable now. People are happy; they get what they want."Mustapha Mond
"You boys need to learn to have some fun."Randle McMurphy
"The pursuit of happiness is often the cause of unhappiness"Ivan Karamazov
"I simply love life."Natasha Rostova
"A man must be content with his lot, or he will never be happy."Nikolai Rostov
"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."Randle McMurphy
"Happiness is found not in luxury but in meaningful connection."Cosette
"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."Pierre Bezukhov
"The soul is healed by making others happy."Natasha Rostova
"Happiness is a hard master—particularly other people's happiness."Bernard Marx
"I'd rather be a fool who's happy than a genius in pain."Billy Bibbit
"I choose to be happy, even if it's considered crazy."Randle McMurphy
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."Billy Pilgrim
"I am a very good and happy person."Billy Pilgrim
"I could not even be happy in knowing that torment should cease for others."Ivan Karamazov
"The greatest happiness is not the satisfaction of the passions, but their transcendence."Ivan Karamazov
"A gramme is better than a damn."Lenina Crowne
"In the World State, everyone is happy."Lenina Crowne
"I suppose a man can't enjoy himself while someone else is dying, though I don't see why."Yossarian
"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can make a man completely unhappy."Pierre Bezukhov
"The happiness of a man is not in the fulfillment of his desires, but in his ability to choose them."Pierre Bezukhov
"Even the night is beautiful when shared with the right person."Marius Pontmercy
"How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for living."Billy Pilgrim