Quotes about Happiness

The French have a song they like to sing, "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux?" (What are you waiting for in order to be happy?) You can be happy right here and right

If we take good care of ourselves, we help everyone. We stop being a source of suffering to the world, and we become a reservoir of joy and freshness. Here and there are people who know how to take good care of themselves, who live joyfully and happily. They are our strongest support. Whatever they do, they do for everyone.

If we continue to hold on to a dream for something in the future, we lose the present moment. And if we lose the present, we lose everything.

The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source.

The fruit of mindfulness practice is the realization that peace and joy are available within us and around us, right here and right now.

This is why, to be happy [...] we need to take some time each day to sit down, look into ourselves, and identify the kind of energy that's motivating us and where it is pushing us.

Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.

Often our thinking goes around and around in circles, so we lose all our joy in living.

The way to suffer well and be happy is to stay in touch with what is actually going on; in doing so, you will gain liberating insights into the true nature of suffering and of joy.

You think the other person in your life is going to be there forever, but that is not true. That person is impermanent, just like you. So if you can do something to make that person happy, you should do it right away. Anything you can do or say to make him or her happy—say it or do it now. It's now or never.

Make the practice pleasant, that is what I beg you to do.

True happiness isn't found in success, money, fame, or power. True happiness should be found in the here and the now. With that kind of insight you can truly relax.