The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding…

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Whoever is still seeking for miracles so that he may believe is himself a wonder, who does not believe while the world around him…

— Saint Augustine

I did not have to believe. I only had to wonder.

— Patricia Monaghan

“It had seemed like the beginning of happiness, and Clarissa is still sometimes shocked, more than thirty years later, to realize that it was…

— Michael Cunningham

“As Michael Cunningham would later write in his novel The Hours, I thought what I was feeling was the beginning of happiness. In fact,…

— David Hare

“It had seemed like the beginning of happiness, and Clarissa is still sometimes shocked, more than thirty years later, to realize that it was…

— Michael Cunningham

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

— George Santayana

I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to…

— Michael Cunningham

“We are at the end of all our troubles, and at the beginning of happiness”

— Voltaire

“It had seemed like the beginning of happiness, and Clarissa is still sometimes shocked, more than thirty years later to realize that it was…

— Michael Cunningham

Whatever you want in life, start today. Not tomorrow - today. Let it be a small beginning - a tiny beginning. Your happiness depends…

— Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“I remember one morning... getting up at dawn... there was such a sense of possibility! You know? That feeling? And... and I remember thinking…

— Virgínia Woolf

Happiness held is the beginning; happiness shared is the blossom

— Abhishek Shukla

“Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness as fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

— Anonymous

he cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that…

— Maria Popova