To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.
Julian Barnes[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
Jane AustenTags: happiness jane-austen-literature-humor
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
Aldous HuxleyTags: happiness
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.
Elise BouldingTags: happiness frugality consumption
Memory is the happiness of being alone.
Lois LowryThose who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
Martin Luther King Jr.Tags: happiness
It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.
Chuck PalahniukTags: happiness pain peace scar sweetness
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. RooseveltTags: wisdom happiness wealth achievement
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Albert CamusTags: attributed-no-source happiness meaning-of-life
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
Napoleon HillTags: happiness
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