Character Quote by Eric Weiner

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness.…

— Charles Van Doren

The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness.

— Charles Van Doren

“Here we must examine the classical understanding of happiness proclaimed by Moses, Solomon, Jesus, Aristotle, Plato, the church fathers and medieval theologians, and many…

— J.P. Moreland

The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what…

— Karen Duffy

Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.

— Leo Rosten

“in those days nobody talked about being happy, like they do now – nobody minded whether children were happy, the really important thing was…

— D.E. Stevenson

“We long for experiences “of profound connection with others,” he writes, “of deep understanding of natural phenomena, of love, of being profoundly moved by…

— Jennifer Senior

Three sorts of goods, Aristotle specified, contribute to happiness: goods of the soul, including moral and intellectual virtues and education; bodily goods, such as…

— Sissela Bok

As Aristotle said, happiness is not a condition that is produced or stands on its own; rather, it is a frame of mind that…

— George Will

... there are two types of happiness and I have chosen that of the murderers. For I am happy. There was a time when…

— Albert Camus

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I was happy, but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or…

— Jeanette Winterson