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    I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Mary Baker Eddy -Ursula K. LeGuin.

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The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition read more

The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

by Ernest Dimnet Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and read more

Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.

by Conor Oberst Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -Margaret Lee Runbeck.

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. -Margaret Lee Runbeck.

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To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our read more

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

by Jim Valvano Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.

Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.

by Anonymous Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.

Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.

by Unknown Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

by Kin Hubbard Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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