3,271 quotes found
“What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.”
“Relationships: If you put up with it, you’re going to end up with it. Set the standard you want and don’t settle for less.”
“Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happ...”
“Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes”
“De pronto tuve conciencia de que ese momento, de que esa rebanada de cotidianidad, era el grado máximo de bienestar, era la Dicha. Nunca había sido tan plenamente feliz como en ese momento, pero te...”
“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”
“She was happy, yes, in her own way, as best as she knew.But there’s a difference between a single candle in darkness and a sunrise.”
“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”
“Are you happy?”
“Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing ch...”
“I was happy anywhere I could see the ocean.”
“I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air. or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissol...”
“But, like all happiness, it did not last long…”
“Happiness was never important. The problem is that we don't know what we really want. What makes us happy is not to get what we want. But to dream about it. Happiness is for opportunists. So I thin...”
“A woman laughing is a woman conquered.”
“I’d rather be miserable loving you than happy with anyone else.”
“Deep within everyone's heart there always remains a sense of longing for that hour, that summer, that one brief moment of blossoming. For several weeks or months, rarely longer, a beautiful young w...”
“Monsters don’t get happy endings.”
“You don’t have to be happy to smile.”
“Taking a risk to survive isn’t that impressive. Taking a risk to be happy, that takes guts.”
