I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.
Happiness Quotes
Most happiness quotes online are cheerful. The sourced ones on this page often are not. Bertrand Russell wrote in Sceptical Essays (1928) that after enjoying ourselves, our greatest pleasure is preventing others from enjoying themselves. Macaulay’s History of England (1849) has the Puritan who hated bear-baiting not because it hurt the bear but because it pleased the spectators. Tom Robbins gave the most practical advice in a 2002 interview: the key to self-generated happiness is refusing to take yourself too seriously.
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive” is credited to Marcus Aurelius and flagged as misattributed. “No man is happy who does not think himself so” is credited to Publilius Syrus and marked disputed.
For each new morning let there be flow of love. Let there be light of happiness in every direction.
For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.
Happy people die whole, they are all dissolved in a moment,
they have had what they wanted
Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.
Excessive protection prevents maturation, thus also blocking emotional development and happiness.
Often he was a joy, and you know, he was one of the few people I ever learned anything from.