--- title: "12 Truth Happiness Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Truth Happiness quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Truth Happiness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/nishan-panwar-14_decided_has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-li_2316396.jpg" --- > [Has decided to take a new road in his life and isn't sure whether its wrong or right but knows its guided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-life-and-isn-t-sure-whether-its/) [Nishan Panwar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nishan-panwar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/nishan-panwar-14_decided_has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-li_2316396.jpg) > [“Happiness goes beyond the stretch of your lips. Heart strings can play happy but the soul of the heart is the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goitsemang-mvula/happiness-goes-beyond-the-stretch-of-your-lips-heart-strings-can-play/) [Goitsemang Mvula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goitsemang-mvula/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/goitsemang-mvula-32742_being_happiness-goes-beyond-the-stretch-of-you_2173009.jpg) > [“Truth destroys the worst in man; pleasure destroys the best. If you love truth more than happiness, then open; otherwise, let rest.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-wright/truth-destroys-the-worst-in-man-pleasure-destroys-the-best-if-you/) [John C. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/john-c-wright-11300_happiness_truth-destroys-the-worst-in-man-pleasure_130411.jpg) > [Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can't be bought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-wonder/through-the-ages-all-great-men-have-taught-truth-and-happiness-can-t/) [Stevie Wonder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-wonder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/stevie-wonder-2107_age_through-the-ages-all-great-men-have-taug_790144.jpg) > [Who is better, they who promote truth over happiness, or happiness over truth?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/who-is-better-they-who-promote-truth-over-happiness-or-happiness-over/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/friedrich-nietzsche-15_happiness_who-is-better-they-who-promote-truth-ove_2365372.jpg) > [I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/i-think-life-is-difficult-and-that-s-that-i-am-not-at-all-absolutely/) [Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/jamaica-kincaid-1540_absolutely_i-think-life-is-difficult-and-that-s-tha_597865.jpg) > [First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-giosia/first-and-foremost-you-ve-got-to-make-yourself-happy-essentially/) [Nadia Giosia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-giosia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/nadia-giosia-23989_firsts_first-and-foremost-you-ve-got-to-make-yo_3147961.png) > [We desire truth, and find within ourselves only uncertainty. We seek happiness, and find only misery and death. We cannot but desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/we-desire-truth-and-find-within-ourselves-only-uncertainty-we-seek/) [Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c6/blaise-pascal-167_certainty_we-desire-truth-and-find-within-ourselve_63422.jpg) > [For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I can not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-myself-i-long-ago-decided-that-i-would-rather-know-the-truth-than/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/anonymous-1_can-not_for-myself-i-long-ago-decided-that-i-wou_2805863.jpg) > [Happiness is sought after more than truth is, but only until a certain level that happiness is achieved does one prefer being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/happiness-is-sought-after-more-than-truth-is-but-only-until-a-certain/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/ritu-ghatourey-5_hand-in-hand_happiness-is-sought-after-more-than-trut_2147083.jpg) > [Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/understand-this-great-truth-the-happiness-that-comes-from-the/) [Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/mata-amritanandamayi-1026_bliss_understand-this-great-truth-the-happines_3222609.png) > [The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-holden/the-belief-that-happiness-has-to-be-deserved-has-led-to-centuries-of/) [Robert Holden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-holden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/robert-holden-6555_belief_the-belief-that-happiness-has-to-be-dese_482968.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truth-happiness/#itemlist", "name": "Truth Happiness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Has decided to take a new road in his life and isn't sure whether its wrong or right but knows its guided by truth and happiness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nishan Panwar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nishan-panwar/has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-life-and-isn-t-sure-whether-its/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/nishan-panwar-14_decided_has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-li_2316396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/nishan-panwar-14_decided_has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-li_2316396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/nishan-panwar-14_decided_has-decided-to-take-a-new-road-in-his-li_2316396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Has decided to take a new road in his life and isn't sure whether its wrong or right but knows its guided by…” — Nishan Panwar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Happiness goes beyond the stretch of your lips. 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