Estates Quote by Boethius

Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.

— Boethius

He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.

— Gautama Buddha

“The happy man, therefore, is he who can make a right judgment in all things: he is happy who in his present circumstances, whatever…

— Seneca

“He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout…

— Aristotle

The will of man is his happiness.

— Friedrich Schiller

He that sympathizes in all the happiness of others, perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness.

— Charles Caleb Colton

It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the…

— Horace

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

— Seneca the Elder

And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Happiness comes towards those which believe in him

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is…

— Munshi Premchand

The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon…

— Bertrand Russell