Happiness Quote by Anonymous

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Pleasure is not the real happiness whereas happiness is the real pleasure

— Tivea

There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho' there can be no happiness without pleasure--yet the converse of…

— Laurence Sterne

“Pleasure” is different from “happiness”. It has its own definition. Pleasure may or may not come from hard work; Pleasure may or may not…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

— Ian K. Smith

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

— Eckhart Tolle

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

— Giacomo Leopardi

..there is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it.

— Eric Weiner

I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.

— Anonymous

Pleasure has no logic; it never treads in its own footsteps.

— Alexander Smith

For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

— John Dryden

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

— John Lubbock