Happiness Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

— William S. Burroughs

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

— William S. Burroughs

One reason why the progressive state is 'cheerful' is that social conflict is diminished by it.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

Mankind today is still making history without having any conscious idea of what it really wants or under what conditions it would stop being…

— Norman O. Brown

“We all gravitate towards pursuing happiness by exploring how to bring a state of peacefulness to our internal and external environments.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Although we cannot command it, we choose joy, making a deliberate commitment to happiness (essentially another word for peace).”

— Wendy Beckett

If we are to be happy, we must first react against our tendency to follow the line of least resistance, a tendency that causes…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in…

— Aristotle

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly…

— Thucydides

The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

— Deepak Chopra

One becomes gradually accustomed to a new realization of the nature of 'happiness': one has to assume happiness when Fate does not carry out…

— Sigmund Freud