15,958 Quotes About Happiness


  • Author Dalai Lama XIV
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    I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.

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  • Author Avina Celeste
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    We're always telling ourselves that we "want to be happy" when what we really have to say is "I NEED to be happy. I NEED to do the things I love. I NEED to surround myself with people that make me smile.

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  • Author Elizabeth Gilbert
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    People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly.

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