Happiness Quote by Marcel Proust

“We pursue whatever we pursue out of torment — a need for torment. Our very quest for salvation is a torment, the subtlest, the…

— Emil M. Cioran

“This way, suffering becomes a fearful gift, very different from that other gift, happiness, conventionally defined. The latter brings pleasure, but the former cultivates…

— David Brooks

“If you are miserable you grow in misery and if you are joyful you grow in joy.”

— Bryant McGill

“You may be able to conquer the whole world and gain everything in action, But you'll live in torment if you can't find peace…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Human beings always seem to look for someone to torment. They’ve been doing it for many years now and I expect they’ll continue to…

— C.C. Tillery

“When kindhearted people smile, demons shrink and turn away as if tormented by the gesture. But when those beautiful smiles are made to fade,…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.”

— Pietro Aretino

“No one can know sincere happiness, without 1st knowing sorrow. One can never appreciate the enormity & rareness of such a fiery bliss without…

— Fisher Amelie

“Without the threat of suffering, we can’t experience true joy. The best we get is pleasantness”

— Neal Shusterman

“that you would not anticipate misery since the evils you dread as coming upon you may perhaps never reach you at least they are…

— Seneca

“And in the darkness I smile at life, as if I were the possessor of charm which would enable me to transform all that…

— Rosa Luxemburg

“Every moment of enjoyment Brings to some one else a sorrow, But your sorrow gladdens no one, For from sorrow naught but sorrow springs.”

— August Strindberg