happiness

"Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain."

"She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy."

"Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself."

"I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite."

"That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!"

"In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail."

"Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things."

"I Am In Love With Myself, With My Heart."

"The happiness of a family is such a complex matter. Like a table laid out with a tea service, it looks so ordinary until it's threatened. Then it becomes infinitely precious."

"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel."

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

"Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out."

"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances."

"Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable."

"I remember watching it all and getting the tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like."

"Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart."

"The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change."

"LEONATOWell, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.BEATRICENot till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred."

"Sky is not a limit for me; because I have no limit for myself in life. Because life is a world full of risk taking and possibilities. No matter how hard or easy life is; I will always find a way to enjoy myself; even in the mist of circumstances; because problems is a sense of adventure in sheep's clothing."

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."