happiness

"Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap."

"And from the midst of cheerless gloomI passed to bright unclouded day."

"It is not where we are that matters nor what we have, it is what we do with where we are and what we have."

"Again, I am surprised why people seek to eliminate lust and cling to love; as they wish to ignore happiness and cleave unto joy! Now, now, let's not sugar-coat things! Lust has a lot more to do with life and what is the good of life if you do not carry much lust inside of you at all times? And joy is a noble thing, but happiness though fleeting can be found every day and in every small little way!"

"We read to know we're not alone."

"The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea."

"The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star."

"Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude."

"I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes"

"Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once it’s exciting, and if you do it every day it’s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, it’s not good any more."

"Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you."

"He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star."

"There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty."

"Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations."

"I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means."

"Those who wish to sing always find a song."

"A truly radical resolution would be to embrace existence just as it is, as the only thing that matters, to proclaim that the world itself is heaven, made for our total enjoyment and fulfillment..."

"I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks."

"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."

"Happiness is a nothingness without completeness."