Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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