--- title: "23 Happy Quotes By Frederick Lenz" description: "23 Happy quotes by Frederick Lenz. Plus more from Frederick Lenz and more Happy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_people-don-t-really-want-to-be-happy-the_2438884.jpg" --- > [People don't really want to be happy. They go out of their way to be miserable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/people-don-t-really-want-to-be-happy-they-go-out-of-their-way-to-be/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/133/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_people-don-t-really-want-to-be-happy-the_2438884.jpg) > [You can only be really happy when you become what you really are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-only-be-really-happy-when-you-become-what-you-really-are/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/frederick-lenz-8_happiness_you-can-only-be-really-happy-when-you-be_218479.jpg) > [Buddhism is the study of how to be immeasurably happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/buddhism-is-the-study-of-how-to-be-immeasurably-happy/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_buddhism-is-the-study-of-how-to-be-immea_1401014.jpg) > [How can you be happy in a world like this? You have got to be crazy to even attempt something like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/how-can-you-be-happy-in-a-world-like-this-you-have-got-to-be-crazy-to/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/frederick-lenz-8_being-crazy_how-can-you-be-happy-in-a-world-like-thi_2660617.jpg) > [When you're happy it's pretty tough to knock you over. You can handle whatever comes along in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-you-re-happy-it-s-pretty-tough-to-knock-you-over-you-can-handle/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/frederick-lenz-8_balance_when-you-re-happy-it-s-pretty-tough-to-k_1577586.jpg) > [Maybe if you stopped asking "why" all the time, you might be happy. Leave it alone, you know? Life is happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/maybe-if-you-stopped-asking-why-all-the-time-you-might-be-happy-leave/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/frederick-lenz-8_asking_maybe-if-you-stopped-asking-why-all-the_118216.jpg) > [Happiness is everything in the whole universe. It's a state of mind. Your whole life is a state of mind. So be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/happiness-is-everything-in-the-whole-universe-it-s-a-state-of-mind/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_happiness-is-everything-in-the-whole-uni_1949930.jpg) > [The trick in life is to find out where you belong. Once you find out where you belong, you will be happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-trick-in-life-is-to-find-out-where-you-belong-once-you-find-out/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/frederick-lenz-8_belong_the-trick-in-life-is-to-find-out-where-y_2404007.jpg) > [If you were just you, you would be happy. But of course, you don't know who or what you are. So how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-were-just-you-you-would-be-happy-but-of-course-you-don-t-know/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_if-you-were-just-you-you-would-be-happy_44829.jpg) > [You don't have to do anything to be happy, nor do you have to avoid anything. Happiness comes from within your mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-to-be-happy-nor-do-you-have-to-avoid/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-to-be-happ_3105581.jpg) > [I am an expert in the world of the supremely happy because I am happy. I've never met anybody as happy as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-am-an-expert-in-the-world-of-the-supremely-happy-because-i-am-happy/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_i-am-an-expert-in-the-world-of-the-supre_2449715.jpg) > [Happiness is something that you can definitely achieve. At first, it will just come for a moment or two. Then it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/happiness-is-something-that-you-can-definitely-achieve-at-first-it/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/frederick-lenz-8_achieve_happiness-is-something-that-you-can-defi_1045475.jpg) > [If I give Susan a new Cuisinart then she'll be happy ... If she's thankful to me, my life will be better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-i-give-susan-a-new-cuisinart-then-she-ll-be-happy-if-she-s/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/frederick-lenz-8_giving_if-i-give-susan-a-new-cuisinart-then-she_2531218.jpg) > [People are unhappy because they don't understand life; by happy, I mean complete, aware, conscious, poignant, caring, loving, unaffected, cosmic, simplistic, humble,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/people-are-unhappy-because-they-don-t-understand-life-by-happy-i-mean/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_people-are-unhappy-because-they-don-t-un_610463.jpg) > [A long time ago individuals looked at life and saw that most people aren't happy. They saw this was obviously an inefficient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-long-time-ago-individuals-looked-at-life-and-saw-that-most-people/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_a-long-time-ago-individuals-looked-at-li_2121382.jpg) > [You see, I'm a believer in the rhapsodic. I like things that are happy. For no particular reason, I just like them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-see-i-m-a-believer-in-the-rhapsodic-i-like-things-that-are-happy/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/frederick-lenz-8_believer_you-see-i-m-a-believer-in-the-rhapsodic_2461768.jpg) > [Yoga makes you free. It makes you happy. It gets you out of the traps that create human misery. It makes you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/yoga-makes-you-free-it-makes-you-happy-it-gets-you-out-of-the-traps/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/frederick-lenz-8_faster_yoga-makes-you-free-it-makes-you-happy-i_3222640.jpg) > [Happiness is separate from daily experience. If picking the right door on the game show makes you happy, then you will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/happiness-is-separate-from-daily-experience-if-picking-the-right-door/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c0/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_happiness-is-separate-from-daily-experie_1247275.jpg) > [You want to be happy; of course, that isn't how you get to be happy; because if you want to be happy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-want-to-be-happy-of-course-that-isn-t-how-you-get-to-be-happy/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/frederick-lenz-8_being-unhappy_you-want-to-be-happy-of-course-that-isn_2597330.jpg) > [Nobody can make you happy but yourself. Things occupy us, people occupy us, but they don't make us happy. If we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nobody-can-make-you-happy-but-yourself-things-occupy-us-people-occupy/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_nobody-can-make-you-happy-but-yourself-t_292719.jpg) > [You don't have to take drugs to be happy. You don't have to drink to be happy. You don't have to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-don-t-have-to-take-drugs-to-be-happy-you-don-t-have-to-drink-to/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_you-don-t-have-to-take-drugs-to-be-happy_2740271.jpg) > [We get so involved with the latest craze or having the latest car or the most high-powered house that we lose touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/we-get-so-involved-with-the-latest-craze-or-having-the-latest-car-or/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_we-get-so-involved-with-the-latest-craze_2938253.jpg) > [Learn to be happy in any and all circumstances, whether you're experiencing pleasure or pain, whether there's loss or gain, whether the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/learn-to-be-happy-in-any-and-all-circumstances-whether-you-re/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/frederick-lenz-8_being-happy_learn-to-be-happy-in-any-and-all-circums_3192053.jpg) ## Other authors on Happy ## More by Frederick Lenz > [There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-places-that-are-very-draining-there-are-places-where-there/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-draw-power-from-everything-in-your-life-in-order-to-do-that/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everyone-will-admire-you-when-you-do-well-what-a-horrible-thing-to-do/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvana-is-a-word-that-means-enlightenment-being-beyond-the-illusion/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-think-the-most-miraculous-thing-is-learning-i-get-out-of-the-way/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-choose-to-draw-from-the-inner-well-of-free-will-then-you-can/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-human-being-can-only-absorb-a-small-amount-of-the-mystical/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightened-people-live-in-very-charged-states-of-attention-with-a/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/only-alone-can-you-go-into-eternity-only-alone-can-you-feel-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/balance-is-the-ability-to-be-happy-in-the-midst-of-the-most-chaotic/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-sound-man-immune-as-to-a-sacrifice-of-straw-dogs-faces-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Karma means changing planes of reality or changing fields of attention. There will be perhaps a resulting physical action stemming from the change of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/karma-means-changing-planes-of-reality-or-changing-fields-of/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [You and I are both life. There's just the experience of every moment. We like to call them moments. There isn't really such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-and-i-are-both-life-there-s-just-the-experience-of-every-moment/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/why-waste-your-time-being-around-people-who-drag-you-down-you-don-t/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They are on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everybody-here-is-so-caught-up-in-the-game-of-life-they-don-t-see/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happy/frederick-lenz/#itemlist", "name": "23 Happy Quotes By Frederick Lenz", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People don't really want to be happy. 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