Able Quote by Samuel Johnson

I have found that, rather than dwelling on the negative, if we will take a step back and consider the blessings in our lives,…

— Thomas S. Monson

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people…

— Anonymous

Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of…

— Helen Keller

Happiness is not found, it is created. Happiness does not depend on all that we lack, but on the way in which we use…

— Arnaud Desjardins

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 can be found to those persons who made your life worthwhile.

— Grln

Nothing can make you happier than you are. All search for happiness is misery and leads to more misery. The only happiness worth the…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I fear, the inevitable conclusion we must all come to is, that in the world happiness is quite indefinable. We can no more grasp…

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Happiness arises when you relax into the reality of your natural condition. The secrets of the universe are already in you as you. Seeking…

— Mark Whitwell

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

We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.

— Ajahn Sumedho

Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it.

— Pema Chodron