“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
“I act like someone in a bomb shelter trying to raise everyone’s spirits.”— Carrie Fisher, amazon.com
“I know deep down when you’re upset that you know this isn’t as good as it gets. I know you know you could do better, but you’re scared to leave. You’re scared to start over because starting completely over and leaving a life and person you’re accustomed to is a scary thing.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’ll never tell you how to live your life, but I think you know deep down that you’re better than him and I hate to see you settling for a mediocre life instead of a life that is filled with pure bliss and happiness.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I’d been awake for thirty-two hours, but I still ordered a burger and a vodka, ’cause sometimes you can’t call it a day until something good happens.”— Anna Kendrick, amazon.com
“Our lives are not as limited as we think they are; the world is a wonderfully weird place; consensual reality is significantly flawed; no institution can be trusted, but love does work; all things are possible; and we all could be happy and fulfilled if we only had the guts to be truly free and the…”— Tom Robbins, amazon.com
“Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com
“But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com
“If you know what you want, and will be content with it, you can be trusted. But if you do not know, your desires are limitless and no one can tell how to deal with you. Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“You don’t have to cheer me up, because just being around you makes me happy.”— Susannah Breslin, thefrisky.com
“Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be a sad person. You can be interested instead of happy. You can be fascinated instead of happy.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com