Quotes about "Happiness & Joy"

I actually didn't listen to the Beatles song 'Nowhere Man' when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a lot was 'Abbey Road.' Its disjointedness and its readiness to confuse only to delight were inspiring to me. ”

Even though New York may be a more inspiring city, I get more inspired thinking of L.A., in a way. My life there was so much more simple in mind, and quiet. ”

Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish. ”

I like to accept it all, the negative and the positive. ”

Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it could produce. ”

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal. ”

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking. ”

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. ”

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. ”

I feel Noah has been alone for the majority of his life and inherently searching for a family, even though he may not express that outwardly. But his encounter with Rosalee gave him hope in finding someone who thinks like him. ”