--- title: "10 Happiness Far Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Happiness Far quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Happiness Far sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/timothy-keller-240_far-side_if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-c_267368.png" --- > [“If you understand what holiness is, you come to see that real happiness is on the far side of holiness, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-come-to-see-that-real/) [Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/timothy-keller-240_far-side_if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-c_267368.png) > [The fool is looking for happiness far away. The wise man makes it grow under his feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-oppenheim/the-fool-is-looking-for-happiness-far-away-the-wise-man-makes-it-grow/) [James Oppenheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-oppenheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/james-oppenheim-40357_far-away_the-fool-is-looking-for-happiness-far-aw_2190161.png) > [Marital happiness is far more important than anything else in determining personal well-being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/marital-happiness-is-far-more-important-than-anything-else-in/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/david-brooks-644_happiness_marital-happiness-is-far-more-important_2328147.png) > [Happiness is not something far away and unattainable, and its manifestation does not depend on circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laine/happiness-is-not-something-far-away-and-unattainable-and-its/) [Laine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/laine-1893_happiness_happiness-is-not-something-far-away-and_1576650.jpg) > [“Life becomes easier knowing that happiness is not that far out of reach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hwang-bo-reum/life-becomes-easier-knowing-that-happiness-is-not-that-far-out-of/) [Hwang Bo-Reum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hwang-bo-reum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/hwang-bo-reum-86954_happiness_life-becomes-easier-knowing-that-happine_314669.jpg) > [I don't require myself or anyone to go beyond what they feel they can do. I just do suggest - for their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-don-t-require-myself-or-anyone-to-go-beyond-what-they-feel-they-can/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/alice-walker-347_can-do_i-don-t-require-myself-or-anyone-to-go-b_1179063.png) > [What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/what-is-without-us-has-no-connection-with-happiness-only-so-far-as/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/benjamin-franklin-65_connections_what-is-without-us-has-no-connection-wit_1461930.png) > [“Perhaps I should kiss the face of the kitchen clock for luck. Perhaps its little hands with rapture would encircle my neck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-edson/perhaps-i-should-kiss-the-face-of-the-kitchen-clock-for-luck-perhaps/) [Russell Edson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-edson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/russell-edson-42028_little-hands_perhaps-i-should-kiss-the-face-of-the-ki_92305.png) > [To me it seems that to give happiness is a far nobler goal that to attain it: and that what we exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/to-me-it-seems-that-to-give-happiness-is-a-far-nobler-goal-that-to/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/lewis-carroll-324_giving_to-me-it-seems-that-to-give-happiness-is_2298450.jpg) > [“people always think that happiness is a far away thing, something complicated and hard to get. yet, little things can make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/people-always-think-that-happiness-is-a-far-away-thing-something/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/betty-smith-1012_contentment_people-always-think-that-happiness-is-a_1667908.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness-far/#itemlist", "name": "Happiness Far Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If you understand what holiness is, you come to see that real happiness is on the far side of holiness, not the near side.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Timothy Keller" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-come-to-see-that-real/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/timothy-keller-240_far-side_if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-c_267368.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/timothy-keller-240_far-side_if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-c_267368.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/timothy-keller-240_far-side_if-you-understand-what-holiness-is-you-c_267368.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you understand what holiness is, you come to see that real happiness is on the far side of holiness, not…” — Timothy Keller", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fool is looking for happiness far away. 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