Cynicism Quote by Jostein Gaarder

“True happiness … is found in fulfilling our higher nature, shaping our lives and our circumstances to reflect the way we are hardwired.”

— Charles W. Colson

“Research shows that the pursuit of material wealth and achievements fails to create true happiness and that happiness depends four times as much on…

— Chris Masi

“happiness is an exclusive quality of the soul. Thus, a body  that  attains  all  the  material  successes  it  longs  for—money,  power,  fame, etc.—often belongs…

— Rashad Khalifa

“Happiness means knowing how to limit some needs which only diminish us, and being open to the many different possibilities which life can offer.”

— Pope Francis

Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on…

— Albert Ellis

“Happiness is not created from things, friends, or even love. Happiness is like money; you have to have it to make it. People are…

— Trey Smith

“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happens but seldom.”

— Meik Wiking

“Happiness isn't reserved for privileged individuals. It is a state of mind that can neither be bought nor stolen nor traded; it is a…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

It may be that true happiness lies in the conviction that one has irremediably lost happiness. Then we can begin to move through life…

— Maria Luisa Bombal

Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in…

— Aristotle

“Happiness is created and not found, it's a state of mind and in its best form, it stands independent of life circumstances.”

— Jaeda DeWalt

Happiness is not a luxury. It is a necessity. When we are happy, we are in the best possible place to be good to…

— Suze Orman