Quotes about happiness

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

Chuck Palahniuk

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

Laozi

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.

Voltaire

The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

Thomas Jefferson

Every man’s happiness depends from himself, but behold thy life is almost at an end, whiles affording thyself no respect, thou dost make thy happiness to consist in the souls, and conceits of other men.

Marcus Aurelius

Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness.

Plato

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.

Samuel Johnson

I’m really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It’s something that I think doesn’t get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing.

Sarah Dessen

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.

Max Lucado

If you walk with true awareness of every step, without having a goal to get anywhere, happiness will arise naturally. You don’t need to look for happiness.

Thich Nhat Hanh