“If you think you are free, you are free; if you think you are bound, you are bound.”
The Ashtavakra Gita
FreedomMindset
Happiness Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · HAPPINESS
Happiness Quotes
Read the best happiness quotes on joy, contentment and living well from Aristotle, Epictetus, Tolstoy, Thiruvalluvar, Kabir, the Gita and more. Words to brighten your day.
“Of all that men acquire, we know no greater gain than the gain of children endowed with knowledge.”
Thiruvalluvar
ChildrenFamily
“Sweeter than heavenly ambrosia is the simple rice which the little hands of one's own children have stirred.”
Thiruvalluvar
ChildrenSimple Joys
“To the body, the touch of children is a delight; to the ear, the sound of their words.”
Thiruvalluvar
ChildrenJoy
“'The pipe is sweet,' 'the lute is sweet,' say those who have not heard the prattle of their own little ones.”
Thiruvalluvar
ChildrenParenthood
“Joy is the realisation of the truth of oneness, the oneness of our soul with the world and of the world-soul with the supreme lover.”
Rabindranath Tagore
JoySpirituality
“Worry is a witch that eats away the heart; no physician can cure it.”
Kabir
WorryPeace Of Mind
“He who sings frightens away his ills.”
Miguel de Cervantes
MusicCheerfulness
“Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
DesireWisdom
“May you live all the days of your life.”
Jonathan Swift
Living FullyBlessings
“I am persuaded that every time a man smiles, but much more so when he laughs, it adds something to this fragment of life.”
Laurence Sterne
LaughterHealth
“But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.”
The Bible (Psalm 68:3)
JoyFaith
“Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.”
The Bible (Proverbs 12:20)
PeaceJoy
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God.”
The Bible (Isaiah 61:10)
JoyFaith
“One whose mind is undisturbed in sorrow, who does not crave pleasures, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.”
The Bhagavad Gita
EquanimityWisdom
“In enjoyment lies the fear of disease; in high birth, the fear of a fall; in wealth, the fear of kings. Everything on earth brings fear; only renunciation is fearless.”
Bhartrihari
DetachmentFear
“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
Seneca
FocusShort Quotes
“There is just one life for each of us: our own.”
Euripides
LifeIndividuality
“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”
Sophocles
WisdomHappiness
“Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.”
Menander
HealthBlessings
“Thou hast put gladness in my heart.”
The Bible (Psalm 4:7)
JoyGratitude
“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.”
The Bible (Psalm 97:11)
JoyRighteousness
“He that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.”
The Bible (Proverbs 14:21)
KindnessGenerosity
“Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”
The Bible (Isaiah 12:3)
JoyFaith
“Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.”
Epicurus
ContentmentGreed