Forever Quote by John Fowles

His statement to himself should have been, 'I possess this now, therefore I am happy', instead of what it so Victorianly was: "I cannot…

— John Fowles

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that…

— Horace Walpole

“For the sole thing of which any man can be deprived is the present; since this is all he owns, and nobody can lose…

— Marcus Aurelius

The moment one asks himself whether he is happy, he ceases to be so.

— John Stuart Mill

“Man only notices his sorrows; he takes his happiness for granted.”

— Dostoyevsky Fyodor

“Yes i am sad because i want to be happy, if never want to be a happy i never became sad”

— kaushik nathan

“You are in despair, because you wish to live for your own happiness.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“And then I say to myself that we should believe in that which we felt when we were strong and happy rather than in…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“To desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic.”

— Eric G. Wilson

“do not be sad, because I am sad all the time, so do not be sad”

— Nobuya 2016

“I am not sorrowful but I am tired Of everything that I ever desired.”

— Ernest Dowson

“He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own dispositions will waste his life…

— Samuel Johnson