Circumstances Quote by Richard Davidson

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

— Andrew Weil

Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.

— Dalai Lama

Even though the idea of happiness is different for every person, in the end we all want the same thing... to be happy.

— Anonymous

We all make different choices, and we need different things. But, I think eventually we learn to define happiness for ourselves on our own…

— Joseph January

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

— Henry Van Dyke

Real happiness is not dependent on external things.

— William Lyon Phelps

“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

Truly lasting happiness is ours when we have the self awareness to choose the criteria in our mind and change it at will.

— Senoraroy

True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

— Sakyong Mipham

Happiness is a choice I am making now. Once we understand that and find love consciousness, we learn that this place of internal plenitude…

— Isha Judd

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.

— Dalai Lama

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

— Matthieu Ricard