Firsts Quote by Helen Van Slyke

It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her:…

— Anonymous

The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

— Theodor Reik

“Where there is no falsely attributed happiness at all, where there is innate (natural) happiness of the Self; there liberation exists.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Happiness is self-generated. It depends on one's attitude of mind. The basis of happiness, is the simple fact that the deepest reality of our…

— Goswami Kriyananda

“euphoria as a state of intense happiness and self-confidence, a blissful self-clarity if you will, and most people throughout their lives search and strive…

— Erin Noelle

Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.

— Peter Singer

Happiness is self-generated as the mind becomes still. As we become involved with the desires of the world, we lose that centering, that stillness.

— Frederick Lenz

The process of finding happiness within one's own Self may be difficult and slow but it cannot be found anywhere else.

— Swami Parthasarathy

“in our seat, every bite of food, every pleasant daydream—is designed to avoid pain or seek pleasure. But if we can drop all that,…

— Dan Harris

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

— Bob Dylan

The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost…

— Elisabeth Elliot