#happiness

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#complex #emotions #europeans #experiencing #handle

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

#communicated #false #happiness #kind #men

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. ↗

— William Morris

#daily #daily life #details #genuine #happiness

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness. ↗

— Nana Mouskouri

#appreciate #believe #cannot #happiness #haven

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#music #unhappiness #war #weapon

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#beholden #cared #chose #die #discoveries

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#american citizens #citizens #happiness #involve #moods

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#being busy #busy #consciousness #everyday #happiness

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow. ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#day #remembering #sorrow #than #worse

Happiness is the longing for repetition. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#longing #repetition