
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
Happiness is less a destination than a way of traveling. These 35 happiness quotes explore joy, contentment and the art of noticing what's already good. A gentle nudge toward the light, whenever you need it.

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

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.Gautama Buddha

Be realistic: plan for a miracle.Osho

What you seek is seeking you.Rumi

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.Kahlil Gibran

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.Dalai Lama

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.Gautama Buddha

Don't worry, be happy.Meher Baba

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.Kahlil Gibran

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.Kahlil Gibran

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.Dalai Lama

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

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.Lao Tzu

I would like to make a film to tell children: it's good to be alive.Hayao Miyazaki

In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful.Sei Shōnagon

Because you are alive, everything is possible.Thich Nhat Hanh

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.Thich Nhat Hanh

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.Thich Nhat Hanh

After darkness comes light.Kartini

The youth is the hope of our future.José Rizal

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.Germaine Greer

It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames.Clive James

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

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.John Lennon

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.John Keats

We're all mad here.Lewis Carroll

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.J.M. Barrie

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

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Without music, life would be a mistake.Friedrich Nietzsche

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.Anne Frank

Dwell on the beauty of life.Marcus Aurelius

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.Helen Keller

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.Walt Whitman