Life Happiness Quotes

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

George Orwell
“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
George Orwell

Elizabeth Gilbert
“And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

Thomas Hardy
“The 'appetite for joy' which pervades all creation, that tremendous force which sways humanity to its purpose, as the ride sways the helpless weed, was not to be controlled by vague lucubrations over the social rubric”
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“You want to be happy,
Then you gotta venerate
the Life”
Adrijan Angelovski

Lev Grossman
“I will stop being a mouse, Quentin. I will take some chances. If you will, for just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there’s nothing else. It’s here, and you’d better decide to enjoy it or you’re going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.”
Lev Grossman, The Magicians

Ali Smith
“Life was what you worked to catch, the intense happiness of an object slightly set apart from you.”
Ali Smith

Hugh Prather
“La vita è fatta di problemi irrisolti, vittorie ambigue e vaghe sconfitte, con qualche momento di autentica pace.”
Hugh Prather

Debasish Mridha
“The best thing that life can offer is happiness. The best way to find happiness is through unconditional love.”
Debasish Mridha