“Happy. I honestly can't remember the last time someone used that word to describe me.”— Riley Sager, amazon.com
“We think that if we have health and wealth they’re enough to be happy, but actually happiness depends on the state of our minds.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“Genuine compassion—unbiased and not mixed with attachment—is a source of genuine human happiness.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“Compassion brings us peace of mind. It brings a smile to our face and genuine smiles bring us closer together.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“Since loving kindness is the basis of a happy life, It’s my number one commitment to promote awareness of the importance of warm-heartedness.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“If you have a warm heart and you care for others you'll be happy and the community in which you live will be happier too.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“I've learned that humans generally get less miserable when we collaborate, and that we get totally hosed when we choose ideology over actual humans.”— John Green, youtube.com
“The material benefits of this world are fleeting & mustn't be clung to. Look to a deeper source for happiness.”— Phillip Moffitt, twitter.com
“And every time you step back from your own melodrama, the cosmic humor gets higher and higher.”— Ram Dass, twitter.com
“We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“Happiness comes as the result of conflict, resolution, and growth — as the result of having to work at something.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“Happiness is not about what we have, but about what we do with the individual minutes and hours and days of our lives.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“It's good to quit- quit settling, quit allowing your past to dictate your future & quit thinking you don't deserve to be happy.”— Gia Sison, twitter.com
“For a change do what makes you happy and take time out to appreciate yourself.”— Gia Sison, twitter.com
“We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.”— Dalai Lama, twitter.com
“Calling my time in New York a failure because it ended would make about as much sense as calling a long plane ride a failure because the plane eventually landed.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now”— Susane Colasanti, amazon.com