happiness

"As Venus within Eros does not really aim at pleasure, so Eros does not aim at happiness. We may think he does, but when he is brought to the test it proves otherwise... For it is the very mark of Eros that when he is in us we had rather share unhappiness with the Beloved than be happy on any other terms."

"With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,it is still a beautiful world.Be cheerful.Strive to be happy."

"It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story."

"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length."

"Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature."

"...so i will greet youin a wayall loved thingsare meant to be greetedwith a tear in my heartand a poem in my eye."

"It was not in me It came and wentI wanted to hold it It was held by wine(I no longer know what it was)"

"How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking."

"A flower blossoms for its own joy."

"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."

"Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one's own way to the highest, to one's own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one's ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication."

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."

"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it."

"Some lose all mind and become soul,insane.some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual.some lose both and become accepted"

"There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations."