Saturday, June 14, 2008

Quotes on Happiness

Quotes on Happiness

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves,
and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."

- Agnes Repplier


"Why not seize the pleasure at once?
How often is happiness destroyed
by preparation, foolish preparation!"

- Jane Austen


"Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how
dearly we pay for its counterfeit."

- Hosea Ballou


"It takes great wit and interest and energy
to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a
great activity. One must be open and alive.
It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish."

- Robert Herrick


"The happiness of a man in this life
does not consist in the absence but
in the mastery of his passions."

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

1 comment:

  1. I liked these Val; I liked the one about real happiness the best; how often we pursue things that we think will make us happy but they are just counterfeit

    betty

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