“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.” – Andre Maurois
“The grass is always greener where you water it.” – Unknown
“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” – Marquis de Condorcet
“If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.” – Chinese proverb
“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy.” – Cynthia Nelms
“Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it.” – J. Petit Senn
“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” – Carrie Jones
“The true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” – William Morris
“If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.” – Joe Rogan
“School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves.” – Naval Ravikant
“One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows.” – Chinese proverb
“There is great happiness in not wanting, in not being something, in not going somewhere.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” – Robert Anthony
“Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy.” – Cynthia Nelms
“The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.” – Vivian Komori
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” – Bertrand Russell
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson