Buddhism Quote by Frederick Lenz

To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing…

— Eric Hoffer

The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable,

— Oliver Burkeman

In the midst of all our emotional upheaval caused by ambition, aggression, rejection, transition, addiction, limitation and competition, the one thing that remains constant…

— Sherlyn Chopra

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

— Benjamin Spock

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature.

— George Hodges (theologian

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane.

— Brandi Carlile

Although all of us desire happiness, few of us reach that goal because of the seemingly endless cycle of expectation and disappointment.

— Tarthang Tulku

What's the point in ever trying to be happy when the very pursuit of happiness is what makes you miserable.*

— Anonymous

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

— Robert Anthony

When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know,…

— Anthony Kiedis