Happiness
Quotes - Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height
“Happily
ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,” Wren said. “It’s
the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.”
―
Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl
“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.”
―
Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Sadness
gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives
branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the
roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a
tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger
will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That's its balance.”
―
Osho Rajneesh, Everyday Osho: 365 Daily Meditations for the Here and Now
“I
have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I
want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the
beginning.”
―
Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Those
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.
“This
planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people
living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were
suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the
movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it
wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.”
―
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“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.”
―
Ursula K. LeGuin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“Stop
giving other people the power to control your happiness, your mind, and your
life. If you don't take control of yourself and your own life, someone else is
bound to try.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“You’ll
learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to
live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the
grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the
well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look.
Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer.
And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
―
Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
“Whoever
is happy will make others happy.”
―
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
“Happiness
is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.”
―
Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline
“Laughter
is poison to fear.”
―
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Keep
your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens”
―
Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within: The Power Within
“Happiness
is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
―
Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca
“The
secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
―
Carrie Jones, Need
“I'm
choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the
unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”
―
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“I
will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I
deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“Letting
go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in
our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we
cannot be free.”
―
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering
into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“It
is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this
life”
―
Henrik Ibsen, Ghosts
“Wealth
consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
―
Epictetus
