“One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Happiness
Iris Murdoch on Nature
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Happiness
“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.” Continue reading
Louis L’Amour on Contentment
“Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Age
“When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.” Continue reading
Pearl S. Buck on Work
“To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.” Continue reading
C. P. Snow on Happiness
“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.” Continue reading
Robert G. Ingersoll on Happiness
“The way to be happy is to make someone happy.” Continue reading
E. V. Lucas on Tardiness
“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.” Continue reading
Leo Rosten on Happiness
“Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty.” Continue reading
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