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“My darling girl, Unfortunately, this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. All the same, or precisely for this reason, it is happiness and comfort for us men to have a precious sweetheart - and I have the most precious, the dearest and best of all!”
Martin Bormann (1900–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations" - Page 873 - by Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993.
“Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism, that everyone has a gift. I don’t want anything but general happiness. Why is that bad?”
Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Tom Dyckhoff "Why Oscar Niemeyer is king of curves" The Times (London, 12 December 2007)
“Capitalism was born from the money loan. Money lending contains the root idea of capitalism. Turn to the pages of the Talmud and you will find that the Jews made an art of lending money. They were taught early to look for their chief happiness in the possession of money. They fathomed all the secrets that lay hid in money. They became Lords of Money and Lords of the World.”
Werner Sombart (1863–1941) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jews & Modern Capitalism, 1913. See I Testify Against the Jews by Robert Edward Edmondson. Sons Of Liberty, 3rd ed., 1985.
“We will do all we can to insure peace... but if war is imposed upon us we will be together shoulder to shoulder as in the last war to strive for the happiness of mankind.”
Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) first seen 1959 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Odd World: A Photo-reporter's Story" - Page 299 - by John Phillips - 1959
“It is the conscious man or woman who finds the secret of happiness and contentment; and that, surely, is the ultimate success.”
Barry Long (1926–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“May the Christmastide bear you to the highest level of your desires, and the ebbing year leave you stranded upon the Golden Shores of Peace, Prosperity and Happiness”
John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.”
Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747) said by 1747 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tr. E. Lee (1903) p. 188
“People believe themselves to be dependent on what happens to them for their happiness. They don't realize that what happens is the most unstable thing in the universe. It changes constantly. They look upon the present moment as either marred by something that has happened and shouldn't have or as deficient because of something that has not happened but should have.”
Eckhart Tolle (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“... to my inexpressible happiness, she is my wife, and truly best part, without a single tinge of my defects”
Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) first seen 1779 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (from vol 2, letter 21: 11 Mar 1779, to Mr S___ ).
“Five or six hundred [aristocratic] heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness; a false humanity has restrained your arm and suspended your blows; it will cost the lives of millions of your brothers.”
Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793) first seen 1121 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: L'Ami du peuple, vol. 2, p. 1121
“Only a teaching that gives each individual the power to draw forth his or her innate Buddha nature can lead all people to happiness.”
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are all part of some cosmic pattern, and this pattern works toward good and not evil. It builds and does not destroy. So I shall go on in my search for a race where I can find kinship and happiness.”
Henry Kuttner (1915–1958) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ardath in The Creature from Beyond Infinity (1940)
“All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at the expense of the sense of religious obligation, and at the cost of human happiness.”
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So I take my life as I find it, as a life full of grand advantages that are linked indissolubly to my noblest happiness and my everlasting safety. I believe that Infinite Love ordained it, and that, if I bow willingly, tractably, and gladly to its discipline, my Father will take care of it.”
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Plenty of Time to Sleep When You're Dead : A Compilation of Life-changing Quotes (2006) by Richard Caridi
“Each time I spoke, I gained a little courage. It took a long while—but today I have more happiness than I ever dreamed possible. In rearing my own children, I have always taught them the lesson I had to learn from such bitter experience: No matter what happens, always be yourself!”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness – when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has been written and you haven’t had time to know how much better it ought to be.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who can create wealth — and know that they can — are able to dictate their own terms. Wealth is a means to happiness, but it is not the main one. What most people want is control over their lives. They want the ability to choose how they live: what work they do, the way they interact with friends and colleagues, the quality of their personal relationships, the way they view themselves.”
Richard Koch (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But when you think: Tim McGraw, I hope you think my favorite song. The one we danced to all night long: The moon like a spotlight on the lake. When you think happiness, I hope you think: "That little black dress." Think of my head on your chest, An' my old faded blue jeans. When you think Tim McGraw, I hope you think of me.”
Taylor Swift (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ah, Chloris! could I now but sit As unconcern'd as when Your infant beauty could beget No happiness or pain! When I the dawn used to admire, And praised the coming day, I little thought the rising fire Would take my rest away.”
Charles Sedley (1639–1701) said by 1701 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.”
Peter Singer (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What the Buddhists teach is to free yourself from the three great evils in life: greed — which means all kinds of craving — hatred, and delusion. But delusion is really the cause of the other two. We crave that which we delude ourselves into thinking will bring happiness; we hate those whom we delude ourselves into thinking stand to stop us from getting it.”
James P. Hogan (1941–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“States of profound happiness, like all other forms of intoxication, are apt to befuddle the wits; intense enjoyment of the present always makes one forget the past.”
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The one delusion you never had in your life was the one about the permanence of happiness.”
Peter S. Beagle (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beauty is a reflection of divine beatitude; and since God is Truth, the reflection of His beatitude will be that blend of happiness and truth found in all beauty.”
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of people make the mistake of trying to defend principles in relationships. My goal is long-term happiness. And I make choices that aren’t going to undermine that goal.”
Neil Strauss (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I consider a good reputation is a great part of the human happiness. Some people, if they are very, very rich can permit themselves certain negligence to their reputations.”
Aristotle Onassis (1906–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Peter Evans, Ari: Life and Times of Aristotle Socrates Onassis, (1978) (p. 73 in the 1986 Summit Books edition)
“High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.”
John Templeton (1912–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.”
Nathaniel Cotton (1705–1788) said by 1788 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Fireside, stanza 3, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Happiness is the moment when one doesn't feel pain.”
Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925–2010) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: HUMO, (2005)
“Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.”
Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I should say that happiness is being where one is and not wanting to be anywhere else.”
Michael Frayn (born 1933) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Summerchild in A Landing on the Sun (1991), p. 142.
“In the New World, happiness is enforced.”
Peter Porter (poet) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In the New World Happiness is Allowed", in The Cost of Seriousness (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978) p. 28.
“We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.”
Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tyranny offers relief from the burden of sanity and a licence to enact forbidden impulses of hatred and violence. By acting on these impulses and releasing them in their subjects tyrants give people a kind of happiness, which as individuals they may be incapable of achieving.”
John Gray (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Happiness is a good flow of life.”
Zeno of Citium (334–263 BC) said by 263 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whoever sows good shall harvest happiness, and whoever sows evil shall harvest regret.”
Hasan al-Askari (845–874) said by 874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is happiness real? Or am I so jaded I can't see or feel - like a man been tainted. Numbed by the effect - aware of the muse Too in touch with myself - I light the fuse.”
Paul Weller (singer) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Changingman, from Stanley Road (1995)
“Every time I've done something in the community, each of the people that I've met, they're an inspiration to me. Their spirits are so high. What I'm going through on the field is nothing compared to what they're going through. Their issue is a matter of life and death. Just being able to put one moment of happiness in their life, that's something that I really cherish doing.”
Javon Ringer (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.”
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have two lives, Roy, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.”
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Natural (1952), p. 152
“All my life I have, more of less consciously, sought an alternative way of life to his, one which is purer, one which is more intense and pays less regard to others, which is more exacting, which burns more dangerously, which gives one everything except a flabby happiness. (p. 200)”
Stig Dagerman (1923–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only current happiness is indifference, the only current feelings are the very small ones, the only current thoughts are smaller still. The only beautiful things are small feelings. Commons sense is never beautiful. People can never understand that the only thing which makes the small dogs' position at all bearable is that the big dogs' reason can analyse it. (p. 258)”
Stig Dagerman (1923–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m unattuned to happiness.”
John Brunner (1934–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What can man know about happiness except how to write it?”
Waldemar Łysiak (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.”
Neil Simon (1927–2018) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed in Newsweek, (2 February 1970)
“Life and mind are continuously in conflict with each other. I want happiness, security. I won’t reach that by considerations of my mind; on the contrary they will lead to a certain despair of the inner person. Not what he thinks engages the artist, but what he feels.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to H.P. Bremmer, 17-11-1930, City Archive The Hague, as quoted in Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger, Deurne 1994 (English translation: Cha…
“It was truly revealing. The strength of the intervention, the intensity of colors and the happiness of this work, has never left me.”
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: article Schilder Bram van Velde in Dordrecht, by Paul Groot, newspaper NRC Handelsblad, 1979 (English translation: Charlotte Burgmans)
“It is because I know all that science can bring to the world that I shall continue my efforts to ensure that it contributes to the happiness of all men, whether they be white, black, or yellow, and not to their annihilation in the name of some divine mission or other.”
Frederic Joliot-Curie (1900–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source