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It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.

— Douglas Horton

Derek Bok asks the right question, 'What policies would produce the greatest happiness?' and he gives great and often startling answers, combining his deep…

— Richard Layard, Baron Layard

If you are happy, you are happy; nobody asks you why you are happy. Yes, if you are miserable, a question is relevant. If…

— Rajneesh

Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness…

— Robert Warshow

The addability of the happiness of different subjects is a postulum without which all political reasonings are at a stand

— Jeremy Bentham

You must be careful when you ask people whether they’re happy; it’s a question that can upset them a great deal.

— François Lelord

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there.

— Goswami Kriyananda

Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness?

— Robert Breault

“Still, happiness will depend on conditions favoring it. Lose those conditions and you lose your happiness. So, if your ability to affect happiness is…

— Bikram Dhillon

Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not.

— Fernando Pessoa

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

— Geoff Dyer

Happiness is the state of mind, and it depends on one's attitude toward life, not on what one has.

— Pacifiersucker