happiness

"I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."

"Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat and the thrill, and it was as bright within her as a swallowed star."

"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does."

"I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere."

"It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it."

"Man…who lives in three places – in the past, in the present, and in the future – can be unhappy if one of these three is worthless. Religion has even added a fourth – eternity."

"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."

"The truly revolutionary promise of our nation's founding document is the freedom to pursue happiness-with-a-capital-H."

"The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely."

"The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon."

"Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else."

"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

"The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain."

"What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be vindicated in my own lifetime."

"It’s true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It’s a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now."

"I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances."

"The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can."

"one of the best and the most painful things about time traveling has been the opportunity to see my mother alive."

"How would your life be different if...You decided to give freely, love fully, and play feverously? Let today be the day...You free yourself from the conditioned rules that limit your happiness and dilute the beautiful life experience. Have fun. Give - Love - Play!"

"A FriendSomeoneYou're happy to see,Who's happy to see you.SomeoneYou like for who they areNot just for what they can do for you."