Happiness

"Wherever you’re happy, stay. Wherever you sleep peacefully, dream. Wherever the hugs are the strongest, linger."

"Happiness is not achieved through direct pursuit, but as a by-product of an effort toward something greater."

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

"Happiness depends on ourselves."

"Happiness belongs to the class of things precious and final."

"For as it is not one swallow or one fine day that makes a spring, so it is not one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy."

"They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom."

"One joy dispels a hundred cares."

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."

"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering."

"Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek."

"Love the life you live. Live the life you love."

"Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

"To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life."

"Learn to be calm and you will always be happy."

"Happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of either wealth, health or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations."

"'Happiness Begins Within.' Money, social status, plastic surgery, beautiful houses, powerful positions – none of these will bring you happiness."

"Contentment is the only real wealth."

"I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy.'"

"I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between."

"Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn’t stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren’t having any of those."

"I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at. Being with people who share your interests makes socializing easier."

"If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied."

"How dreadfully has it tormented me (and torments me even now) this longing for faith, which is all the stronger for the proofs I have against it. And yet God gives me sometimes moments of perfect peace; in such moments I love and believe that I am loved; in such moments I have formulated my creed, wherein all is clear and holy to me."

"The true magic of surfing is the feeling of being in the moment, in sync with the waves and the ocean."

"Surfing is the most blissful experience you can have on this planet, a taste of heaven."