You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness. Percy Ross
I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Hugh Laurie
It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more. Herman Hesse
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves. Franz Schubert
We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. Mary Oliver
My life has run from misery to happiness. Loretta Lynn
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. Eustace Budgell
Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it. Holbrook Jackson
Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself. Margaret Cho
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. Sydney Smith
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. Alexander Alekhine
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. Milan Kundera
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. Thomas Szasz
The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live. Sidney Sheldon
It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him. Marguerite Duras
When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you. Arthur Ashe
You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy. Shahrukh Khan
I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside. Ricky Williams