Quotes about Happiness

With the Epicureans it was never science for the sake of science but always science for the sake of human happiness.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have was once among the things you only hoped for.

If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living pleasantly.

If you want to make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

One who understands the limits of the good life knows that what eliminates the pains brought on by need and what makes the whole of life perfect is easily obtained, so that there is no need for enterprises that entail the struggle for success.19

The just person enjoys. the greatest peace of mind, while the unjust is full of the utmost disquietude.

Your Father's greatest desire for you is that you would be like Him, that you would be holy. He cares more about your transformation than your happiness, more about your spiritual maturity than your comfort.

Anyway, what do happiness and unhappiness mean? They depend so little on circumstances and so much more on what goes on inside us.

To renounce a full life and its real joys in order to avoid pain is neither Christian nor human.

My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.