Happiness Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“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

“Happy are those who know how to obtain pleasures without injury to anyone; insane are those who fancy that the Almighty can enjoy the…

— Giacomo Casanova

“[…] we humans, as long as we live, are generally incapable of freeing ourselves from a certain ardent searching and longing, and should not…

— Robert Walser

“In his own life, then, a man is not to expect happiness, only to profit by it gladly when it shall arise; he is…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“And these men, for whom life has no repose, live at times in their rare moments of happiness with such strength and indescribable beauty,…

— Hermann Hesse

“These two things be common to the souls, as of God, so of men, and of every reasonable creature, first that in their own…

— Marcus Aurelius

“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

Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man’s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a…

— Henry Mackenzie

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

— Leo Tolstoy

“Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values and finds his…

— Ayn Rand

“Human beings, he argued, are not hardwired for seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. They want meaning. In spite of what we say, we don’t…

— Jeff Goins

“Happiness comes from the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”

— Storm Jameson