Quotes about "Happiness & Joy"

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ”

Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. ”

My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering is a choice. You can be happier if you make some changes in your life. ”

How we feel about ourselves as we read the newspaper, set the table, wash the dishes, recycle the trash and wash our clothes... is essential to our overall happiness and well-being. ”

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment. ”

I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am. ”

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey. ”

I want to inspire through example. I hope my books motivate others to open doors and windows that will help them to embrace their own truth, light and joy. ”

Be positive and laugh at everything. ”

You have to find some way of engaging with the world around you, however it's constituted. The engagement is necessarily going to be flawed. But if you do it on your own terms, you'll be able to extract some pleasure from the world. It might even make you really happy sometimes. ”