Contentment Quote by Tim Minchin

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival…

— Paulo Coelho

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“Happiness is the exception-joy a rarity-the normal feeling most human beings have is discontent or longing... maybe there's an evolutionary purpose.”

— Dirk Wittenborn

I have an odd theory on happiness, and it bothers people. My general theory is that happiness is a reward for an animal doing…

— James D. Watson

Contrary to what most of us believe, happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen, and it results from…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. I was not born for a different destiny to the rest of my species: to…

— Charlotte Bronte

Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on…

— Albert Ellis

“Happiness is a wonderful goal for those who are inclined on a genetic level toward that emotional end of the spectrum. Happiness is a…

— Augusten Burroughs

“Evolution doesn't give a damn about your happiness, but will use the promise of happiness (using dopamine rushes) to keep you hunting, gathering, working,…

— Kelly McGonigal

Evolution does not make happiness its goal; it aims simply at evolution and nothing else.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“At first happiness might seem like just desserts for biological fitness (more accurately, the states that would have led to fitness in the environment…

— Steven Pinker

I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they…

— Anonymous