15,958 Quotes About Happiness

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form.

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.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t

Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.