"Find your happiness in yourself. ~ Albert Camus
Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility. ~ David Augsburger, From Here to Maturity
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. ~ Henry van Dyke
No one is happy all his life long. ~ Euripides
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. ~ Johann von Goethe, Goethe's Art of Living
And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons that pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient. ~ Aristotle
The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy. ~ George Hodges, Beautiful Thoughts about Happiness
The concept (of happiness) is universal. In Buddhism, it is called causeless joy, in Christianity, the kingdom of heaven within, and in Judaism it is called ashrei, an inner sense of holiness and health. Is Islam it is called falah, happiness and well-being, and in Hinduism it is called ananda, or pure bliss. ~ Marci Shimoff, Happy for No Reason
To fill the hour--that is happiness. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ~ Dave Gardner
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. ~ George Santayana
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. ~ Mark Twain
A multitude of small delights constitute happiness. ~ Charles Baudelaire
Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else? ~ Byron Katie
