“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.”— Nathaniel Hawthorne, amazon.com
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”— Marcel Pagnol, goodreads.com
“I’m so afraid. Because I’m so profoundly happy. Happiness like this is frightening… They only let you this happy if they’re preparing to take something from you.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”— Jonathan Safran Foer, amazon.com
“If we must have milestones—mine will be measured by how much joy I have collected at the end of each day and how often in this life I have truly, deeply, opened.”— Janne Robinson, jannerobinson.com
“If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people.”— Leonardo Dicaprio, en.wikiquote.org
“sometimes love is the person who fills you with so much peace that sleep comes easy”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“You can conquer your moods, no matter how terrible they seem. Make up your mind that you are not going to be moody anymore; and if a mood comes in spite of your resolve, analyze the cause that brought it on, and do something constructive about it.”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“Avoid a negative approach to life. Why gaze down the sewers when there is loveliness all around us? One may find some fault in even the greatest masterpieces of art, music, and literature. But isn’t it better to enjoy their charm and glory?”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“Persons of strong character are usually the happiest. They do not blame others for troubles that can usually be traced to their own actions and lack of understanding. They know that no one has any power to add to their happiness or detract from it unless they themselves are so weak that they allow t…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“Constantly you affirm sorrow, therefore it exists. Deny it in your mind and it will exist no longer.”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“Change your thoughts if you wish to change your circumstances. Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are a…”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“Happiness depends to some extent upon external conditions, but chiefly upon mental attitudes.”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“If you have given up hope of ever being happy, cheer up. Never lose hope. Your soul, being a reflection of the ever joyous Spirit, is, in essence, happiness itself.”— Paramahansa Yogananda, yogananda-srf.org
“It’s sitting in silence with someone who can hear it and someone who can embrace it.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s playing your favorite song over and over again and then dancing with you so you can shake all your worries off.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s the silly snap you get when you’re having a bad day and someone is trying to cheer you up.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s the warm hug you get that piece you back together when you need it the most even though you didn’t ask for it.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“Think about what you have asked for, and make sure that your actions are mirroring what you expect to receive, and that they’re not contradicting what you’ve asked for. Act as if you are receiving it. Do exactly what you would do if you were receiving it today, and take actions in your life to refle…”— Rhonda Byrne, amazon.com