In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.
To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't...
Many people see happiness only in their future.
At the heart of memory, is the stillness of time.
About 30 million people see me every week - I'm a happy man.
I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.
People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.
I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist.
When I try to make other people happy, I become happy.
I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music.
If someone offered the chance to be happy for the rest of your life, everyone in the room will bid, but what they don't know that the secret is nothing, they all have the power already with them. One of the most bizarre quirks of human beings is that...
I used to feel defensive when people would say, 'Yes, but your books have happy endings', as if that made them worthless, or unrealistic. Some people do get happy endings, even if it's only for a while. I would rather never be published again than wr...
When most people think about the future, they dream up ways that they might live happier lives. But notice this phenomenon. When people remember the crucial events that formed them, they don't usually talk about happiness. It is usually the ordeals t...
At the end of the day, there are very few people around you who truly want to see you peaceful, happy and content. Most of your friends only want to see you happy, peaceful and content, in ratio to their own happiness, peace and contentment. It's lik...
If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.
That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.
Why can't people just love each other and be happy?
The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
