On Happiness

All of us seek happiness. All of us want to be happy. Nobody wants to be sad, miserable and unhappy. And yet, there are so many unhappy people around. Why is happiness so elusive? Or is it really? Maybe the fault lies in our looking for happiness in the wrong places, in our not understanding what happiness means, and what makes us happy.

Due to ignorance, we strive to find happiness in places where it cannot be found. We keep on doing this because superficial appearances delude us into thinking that it can be found where we seek it – within the world of desires and senses. However, true happiness cannot be found there.

So, where can happiness be found? What do we have to do to be happy? How can we be happy? Read on...

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him. - Alexander Solzehnitsyn

One day, you will understand that happiness was always about learning how to live with yourself, that happiness was never in the hands of other people. - Bianca Sparacino

If you wish to be happy, think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and of that which you are able to change. - Christopher Paolini

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. - Joseph Addison

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all. - The Buddha

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. - Charles Spurgeon

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast. - Norman Vincent Peale

Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. - Dale Carnegie

Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now. - Unknown

Striving, consuming, and accumulating will never bring happiness. What they bring is anxiety, worry, unhappiness, and – in the long run – ineffectiveness. - Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz

The happiness we all seek can only be achieved through self-control, not material possessions. - Unknown

To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness. - Mary Stuart

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