Quotes about happiness
happiness gratitude grateful
When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who has much happiness while the one who is ungrateful will not be able to have happiness. Nhat Hanh
happiness healing heart
When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness. Nhat Hanh
happiness smell looks
Each time you look at a tangerine, you can see deeply into it. You can see everything in the universe in one tangerine. When you peel it and smell it, it’s wonderful. You can take your time eating a tangerine and be very happy. Nhat Hanh
happiness world steps
Each breath we take, each step we make, each smile we realize, is a positive contribution to peace... a necessary step in the direction of peace for the world. Nhat Hanh
happiness peace practice
Our joy, peace and happiness depend very much on our practice of recognizing and transforming habit energies. There are positive habit energies that we have to cultivate, and negative habit energies that we have to recognize, embrace and transform. The energy with which we do these things is mindfulness. Nhat Hanh
happiness travel time
The secret to happiness is happiness itself. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, the wonder of our breathing. We don't have to travel anywhere else to do so. We can be in touch with these things right now. Nhat Hanh
happiness trust confidence
The way you speak to others can offer them joy, happiness, self-confidence, hope, trust, and enlightenment. Mindful speaking is a deep practice. Nhat Hanh
happiness yoga home
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. Nhat Hanh
happiness smile peace
Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. Nhat Hanh
happiness heart compassion
We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle Nhat Hanh
happiness inspiring letting-go
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free. Nhat Hanh
happiness buddhist inspiration
There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way. Nhat Hanh
happiness thinking practice
As long as we think our lives are not good enough (materially), we will not have happiness. As soon as we realize our lives are good enough, happiness immediately appears. That is the practice of contentment. Nhat Hanh
happiness peace buddhism
Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. Nhat Hanh
happiness running peace
If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive. Nhat Hanh
happiness letting-go anger
Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness Nhat Hanh
happiness morning joy
Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others. Nhat Hanh
happiness yoga land
You are what you want to become. Why search anymore? You are a wonderful manifestation. The whole universe has come together to make your existence possible. There is nothing that is not you. The kingdom of God, the Pure Land, nirvana, happiness, and liberation are all you. Nhat Hanh
happiness reality two
There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. Jodi Picoult
happiness bears
New happiness too must be learned to bear. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
happiness strong work
What a richly colored strong warm coat is woven when love is the warp and work is the woof. Marge Piercy
happiness tombstone ems
I know what I'm having 'em put on my tombstone: 'I have nothing more to say'. Ted Turner
happiness airplane phones
To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless. Ted Turner
happiness lying mad
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work must no longer be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. Theodore Roosevelt
happiness joy soul
From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life's burdens. Theodore Roosevelt
happiness running home
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home. Theodore Roosevelt
happiness people our-society
There are a great many people in our society who are happy, but since they don't know they're happy, they're not happy.
happiness uplifting funny-inspirational
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
happiness laughter joy
He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof. Theodor Adorno
happiness success hope
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. Michelangelo
happiness inspiring success
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. Michelangelo
happiness thinking evil
The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with. Joseph Brodsky
happiness leadership procrastination
It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. Leonardo da Vinci