Civilization Quote by Iris Murdoch

“We have an innate sensibility for being content,feeling joyful, and living in happiness without conditions. Happiness is a natural condition of existence.”

— Ilchi Lee

“Happiness, that most childish of states, is infectious. Furthermore, in its innocence, it will not be hidden, even when tempered with sorrow”

— Dorothy Dunnett

“Man is created for happiness, that happiness lies in himself, in the satisfaction of simple human needs; and that all unhappiness is due, not…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The world is crammed with delightful things. I think young people make such a mistake about that — not letting themselves be happy. I…

— Virginia Woolf

“Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true self. His search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true self.…

— Anonymous

“When true happiness shows up, the ego is bored with it: It's too plain, too ordinary, and it doesn't leave us feeling special or…

— Gina Lake

“The natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“For your happy man is a benefactor to his species. Just as one may gather knowledge from the wise, so, by contact with the…

— R. Austin Freeman

“Every act of goodness is born from our desire to be happy.”

— Udai Yadla

“If men would learn to pursue their own happiness rather than the misery of others, we can achieve a better life for everyone. Adopting…

— Bertrand Russell

“A happy childhood can fortify one against the ravages of life, and part of that happiness is found in books, which become our constant…

— Suzy Davies

“happiness is within him, in the satisfaction of simple human needs, and that all unhappiness arises not from privation but from superfluity”

— Leo Tolstoy