The Little Retreat Quotes: Happiness
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
Saint Augustine
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may
be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness
or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Martha Washington
People are just about as happy as they have a mind to be.
Abraham Lincoln
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery.
Sylvan Hart