Happiness Quote by Andre Gide

“What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.”

— Andre Gide

The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it.

— Andre Gide

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

— Anonymous

The art of being happy lies in the ability to extract happiness from common things

— Anonymous

Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys.…

— Margaret Atwood

It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

— Haruki Murakami

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at…

— August Strindberg

Happiness consists of being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.

— Marcello Mastroianni

“Happiness means knowing how to limit some needs which only diminish us, and being open to the many different possibilities which life can offer.”

— Pope Francis

What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness?

— Julian Barnes

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what…

— Anonymous

Happiness is like a plant: It must be watered daily with giving thoughts and actions.

— Goswami Kriyananda