The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.Richard Bach
The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness has been defined by emperors, monks, physicists and poets, and they mostly agree it is not what the adverts say. The Buddha locates it in a trained mind; others here find it in gratitude, in work, in love, in low expectations wisely kept. Thirty-six attempts at the oldest question there is.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.Epictetus
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.Wayne Dyer

To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?Confucius

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.Gautama Buddha
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.Napoleon Hill

What you seek is seeking you.Rumi
He who is contented is rich.Lao Tzu

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.Dalai Lama
Today, give a stranger a smile without waiting for it may be the joy they need to have a great day.Byron Pulsifer
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.Ralph Waldo Emerson

A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.Albert Einstein

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.Marcus Aurelius
Great talent finds happiness in execution.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.Thich Nhat Hanh

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.Kahlil Gibran
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to beAbraham Lincoln

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.Rabindranath Tagore

The greatest blessing of mankind is within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.Seneca
Happiness depends upon ourselves.Aristotle
Happiness is a Swedish sunset — it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.Mark Twain

Progress equals happiness.Tony Robbins

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.Mahatma Gandhi

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.Oscar Wilde
Keep yourself to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.Helen Keller

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.Oprah Winfrey

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.Eleanor Roosevelt
We can do no great things, only small things with great love.Mother Teresa

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.Nelson Mandela

Imagine all the people living life in peace.John Lennon

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.Albert Camus

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.Friedrich Nietzsche

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.Victor Hugo

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.Albert Schweitzer
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.Pema Chodron

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.Charles Dickens
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