Quotes about happiness
248 quotes from 159 people
Immanuel Kant1724–1804Critique of Practical Reason (1788)
John Keats1795–1821Poems (1820), “Fancy”, l. 1
Helen Keller1880–1968We Bereaved (1929)A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
Helen Keller1880–1968The Simplest Way to be Happy (1933)Happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963“Remarks to Student Participants in the White House Seminar in Government (334)” (27 August 1963)
Jack Kerouac1922–1969Big Sur (1962)Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Søren Kierkegaard1813–1855Either/Or (1843), Vol. I, Diapsalmata (tr. David F. and Lillian Marvin Swenson)The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire — soon it will go out.
Bruce Lee1940–1973The Warrior Within: The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996), p. 66
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956), Pt. 1, VII (Psyche)There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Last BattleThe surest way of spoiling a pleasure is to start examining your satisfaction.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Surprised by Joy- C. S. Lewis1898–1963Out of the Silent Planet (1938), spoken by Hyoi
People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
