Circumstances Quote by Norm MacDonald

Happiness is a state of inner fulfillment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things.

— Matthieu Ricard

Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

A human must discover the reasons for being happy within, when he'll find happiness in others, disappointments occur. Moreover, life is mighty, celebrate having…

— Senoraroy

“It is generally assumed that the opposite of happiness must simply be unhappiness. However, I would assert that it is much more than that…

— Jem Friar

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

If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but in deeper…

— Hugh Black

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who…

— Arnold Bennett

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

— Helen Keller

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is…

— E. M. Forster

Happiness comes most to persons who seek her least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought; it is…

— John Burroughs

Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to…

— Ruskin Bond